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Backlash grows on Obama’s health reform
Backlash grows on Obama’s health reform
By Edward Luce in Washington DC
Published: August 18 2009 18:43
Last updated: August 18 2009 18:43
The Obama administration was on Tuesday scrambling to contain a growing backlash from liberal Democrats that could prove fatal to his hopes of pushing through healthcare reform.
In a letter to Kathleen Sibelius, the secretary for health and human services, 60 Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives warned that they would vote against healthcare reform if it excluded a public insurance option that would provide a state-run alternative to private insurance plans for low-income people. That would leave Mr Obama needing 22 Republican votes in the lower chamber – a very tall order.
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