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Progressive and conservative Democrats divided over public option

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 30, 2009.

Attempts to overhaul the health care system are slowly trudging along in Washington. Democrats in the House are struggling to unify the party. Liberal Democrats are outraged by a proposal from conservative Democrats that would weaken the government-run public option.  Meanwhile, proponents of a single-payer system are rallying in Washington and in cities across the country. FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.