Speaking to a crowd of about 100 activists and reporters gathered outside the Capitol today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi echoed Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who insisted that health care reform legislation will include a public option.
Pelosi said the legislation would create an exchange “where people can go buy their insurance–and within that exchange we will be including a public option.”
Last night on Charlie Rose, Pelosi said Blue Dog Democrats “have not been an obstacle to the public option.”
“The question is: which form will it take?…Will it be according to Medicare rates, or will it be negotiated rates?” She asked, rhetorically. “That’s really the fight.”
