President Obama will clarify his health care reform principles before a joint session of Congress Wednesday, and a number of White House officials have come forward to suggest that the public option will not be among them. If that’s the case, it will devastate the large segment of the reform community that regards the public option as one of the most crucial elements of legislation.
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