Major Congressional Groups Back Public Health Insurance Option
Support for a public health insurance option as part of comprehensive health care reform received a boost this week when four prominent congressional groups announced a public plan was essential to their backing of reform legisaltion.
A public insurance plan option is one of the AFL-CIO’s key health care reform principles, but it has been vigorously attacked by the private insurance industry.
In a letter to President Obama and Senate and House leadership, the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), the Black Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Caucus wrote:
Our support for enacting legislation this year to guarantee affordable health care for all firmly hinges on the inclusion of a robust public health insurance plan like Medicare.
