Will Congress Pass a Strong Public Option?

By GRIT TV

October 15, 2009

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As congress inches closer to finalizing a comprehensive health care reform effort, it's worth it to ask, "How comprehensive?" On GRITtv, Sharon Lerner, author of The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation, points out that the latest Senate Finance Comittee bill leaves a large loophole that enables pregnancy to count as a pre-existing condition. "We have to say 'we need women covered and poor people covered,' but we have to make sure that we see the holes and patch them up," she says. Also appearing is Representative Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, who highlights the huge public support that exists for the public option. "Senators, at some point, have to listen to that," he says.

--Fernanda Diaz

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