Obama to AFL: I Believe a Public Option Would Improve Quality, Bring Down Costs

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In prepared remarks to the AFL-CIO, President Obama will say, “I continue to believe that a public option within the basket of insurance choices would help improve quality and bring down costs.”

Not much meat there, though he will caution, “I’ll have a lot more to say about this Wednesday night, and I don’t want to give it all away.”

But surely reformers–and AFL leaders who’ve vowed to oppose health care reform legislation that does not include a public option–were hoping to hear more.

You can read the full text of his remarks here.

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