Foreshadowing a House-Senate showdown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today there is "no way" the House can pass a health care bill without a government-run insurance option. Speaking at a news conference in San Francisco, Pelosi told reporters that a public option will "keep insurance companies honest."“There’s no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option,” the California Democrat said, according to wire reports. Obama on Thursday told liberal activists and a conservative talk show host that he continues to support a public option, but said it was only a piece of a broader health reform package and continues to signal that it's not a make-or-break issue for him.Sen. Kent Conrad (D-S.D.), a key negotiator on the Finance Committee, has emphatically said there aren't enough votes in the Senate to approve a bill with a government-run option.
"It's very clear that there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option," Conrad said Thursday on Fox Business Network.
The House and Senate leaders needs to come together and sit down and have a round the table discussion about Healthcare Reform. The maybe both sides of the isle would come to an agreement and get something done.
