Thursday, December 17, 2009

Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate (AP)

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U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) talks to a reporter as he walks through the U.S. Capitol after meetings about the health care reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 15, 2009. Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are struggling to move ahead on a sweeping healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama in the face of opposition from a frequent irritant -- Joe Lieberman.  REUTERS/Benjamin J. Myers    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)AP - The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died Wednesday in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed it will return when the realization dawns that private insurance companies "are no longer needed."


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