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(Video) Reid Says Senate Health Reform Bill Will Include "Opt-Out" Public Option: Baucus Now Supports It

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 26, 2009 - 3:05pm

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In a press conference at 3:15 pm today on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that the Senate will include an "opt-out" public option in its version of the health care reform bill. States would have the ability to "opt-out" of participating in the plan. Shortly thereafter, Senator Max Baucus, a key Democrat who earlier had stated opposition to a public option, released a statement in support of it.

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