http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul]Senate health care bill to include public option (AP) [/URL]



AP - Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy. Reid, D-Nev., said individual states would have the choice of opting out of the program.