Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) didn’t budge from his stance on health care reform during an appearance this morning on Fox News Sunday: He won’t support “any public option tied to Medicare-levels of reimbursement.”
“That is unacceptable and could not get the votes,” Conrad said.
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), on the other hand, said on Fox News that the idea of a public health insurance option was “gaining momentum” — and took a moment to slam his former party.
“On the Republican side, it is no, no, no — a party of obstructionism,” Specter said.
Conrad suggested a few minutes later that “there is at some point a principled compromise” — but reiterated again that it wouldn’t include a public option that relied on Medicare-level rates of reimbursement.
