by Miles Mogulescu | 03.18.2010 | Huffington Post
Even while Obama was saying that he thought a public option was a good idea and encouraging supporters to believe his healthcare plan would include one, he had promised for-profit hospital lobbyists that there would be no public option in the final bill.
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