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• Latest Action: Feb 01, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce - Health

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• On January 20, 2011, by MichaelDSP - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A trillion times YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad the GOP Majority will never pass this.

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  As noted by MichaelDSP, a user on OpenCongress.org, on January 20, 2011, "YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A trillion times YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad the GOP Majority will never pass this. "
• On June 30, 2012, by LDishman - They won't pass it because their constituents won't allow it. Options such as these should be approached on a state level....not a federal level.

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  As noted by LDishman, a user on OpenCongress.org, on June 30, 2012, "They won't pass it because their constituents won't allow it. Options such as these should be approached on a state level....not a federal level. "

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• Public Option Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 191) - GovTrack.us - March 24, 2012 by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills - H.R. 191. To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

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  As noted by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills on March 24, 2012, "H.R. 191. To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress." (/url?q=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr191&sa=U&ei=zobST_7cHqmg2gWw3aiaDw&ved=0CB0QmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNHtMisUl2hDwFpyU5HdXLAxpAO9PQ)
• Public Option Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 191) - GovTrack.us - March 24, 2012 by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills - H.R. 191. To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress.

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  As noted by http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills on March 24, 2012, "H.R. 191. To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. In GovTrack.us, a database of bills in the U.S. Congress." (/url?q=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr191&sa=U&ei=oDbRT7-XEoPM2gXl_r2eDw&ved=0CB0QmAEwAA&usg=AFQjCNHUbHzLIuAkoIRXg6Kmyh_BrHs33Q)
• WND's Joseph Farah: Why Obama's ineligibility issue avoided by - February 22, 2012 by Steve Cooper - See the Senate had already ratified McCain , and see in this where they wrote the Bill stating that natural Born is Not Defined , http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr511/text , then this crap comes out on McCain after he secured the nomination ... and

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  As noted by Steve Cooper on February 22, 2012, "See the Senate had already ratified McCain , and see in this where they wrote the Bill stating that natural Born is Not Defined , http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr511/text , then this crap comes out on McCain after he secured the nomination ... and" (/url?q=http://theconservativemonster.mobi/2012/02/22/wnds-joseph-farah-why-obamas-ineligibility-issue-avoided-by-mainstream-media-.aspx%3Fref%3Drss&sa=U&ei=SJbVT4D1N8Hg2gWhhcyZDw&ved=0CEMQmAEwCQ&usg=AFQjCNGA2h_Be13FOeU3QTMY5S7N4JOMEg)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Let's send Tammy Baldwin to the Senate - July 30, 2012 by DAILY KOS - In the 112th Congress I am a cosponsor of H.R. 191, which provides for a public option and sets reimbursement rates at Medicare plus 5% for the first three years, and allows HHS to set the rate thereafter. b) The Medicare You Can Buy Into Act (H ...

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  As noted by DAILY KOS on July 30, 2012, "In the 112th Congress I am a cosponsor of H.R. 191, which provides for a public option and sets reimbursement rates at Medicare plus 5% for the first three years, and allows HHS to set the rate thereafter. b) The Medicare You Can Buy Into Act (H ..." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/30/1115088/-Let-s-send-Tammy-Baldwin-to-the-Senate)