On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)–a senior Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee–made his frustrations with the state of health reform negotiations public. “I don’t think I could say with a straight face that this (co-op proposal) is at all close to a nationwide public option,” he told the Associated Press. “Right now, this co-op idea doesn’t come close to satisfying anyone who wants a public plan.”
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