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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
Let's be factual: it was not his healthcare plan. He did not submit any type of healthcare bill to Congress for approval; the bill originated in the House. He just gave broad outlines ("universal coverage", etc.) and asked that Congress meet them.
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If you want to get factual about it. It WAS his healthcare platform/plan that he was pushing and campaigning about during his run for president. It might not have been submitted by him personally to Congress but they were passed off of his platform.
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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
The reason why the Public Option never got very far was due to the lack of support amongst Conservative Democrats ('bluedogs'), whose support was required to pass the bill, even if it was on a strictly party line vote.
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I also know about the second tid bit of information as well. During that time when he did have the democratic majority to help push the bill forward those select few that you mentioned were the ones that were holding things up as well instead of letting it go through.