Lincoln: More cost savings needed in health bill
By The Associated Press
This article was published November 23, 2009 at 2:22 p.m.
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she wants more cost controls in a proposal to overhaul the nation’s health care system and won’t support a government-run health insurance option.
The Democratic senator from Arkansas told reporters Monday that she told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that she can’t support allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies. Lincoln on Saturday voted to open debate on health care legislation, but has said she can’t support Reid’s bill in its current form.
Lincoln said she thinks there are plenty of opportunities to cover the uninsured through many existing government programs without creating a public option.
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