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House Bill Includes Public Option

HEALTH CARE

Abortion, immigration provisions still unresolved.

Nancy Pelosi released the House's version of the health-care reform legislation Thursday, unveiling a bill with a significant Medicaid expansion and a public option. The reforms, which include raising Medicaid eligibility levels to 150 percent of the federal poverty level and negotiated government health-care rates, would cover some 96 percent...

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