Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterObama Plan for Government Insurance Draws Criticism (Bloomberg)
Published 1/8/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obamaâs plan
for expanding government health insurance to compete with
private coverage drew fire from a leading Senate Republican
during a nomination hearing for former U.S. Senator Thomas A.
Daschle to run the Health and Human Services Department.
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