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Democrats sought to give government the right to sell insurance in competition with private industry Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee opened a second week of debate over massive health care legislation.
Health care overhaul: Centrist Democrats side with GOP as Senate Finance Committee wrangle (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
WASHINGTON — Underscoring the divisions within their party, Senate Finance Committee Democrats yesterday split decisively over a central issue in the health care debate, as centrists teamed with Republicans to reject creation of a public option for medical insurance.
