As the Senate prepares to debate the $959 billion Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, one key senator in the debate says he and others will “fight and demand a public option and a strong one at that.”

While the Senate’s version of health care reform moves forward, the debate over the inclusion of a government-run public health insurance program could cause that momentum to stall.

Citing the need to introduce competition in the health insurance market and contain health care costs, a group of 28 U.S. senators introduced a resolution to include a federally-backed health …  Read →