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.

Women are discriminated against under the current health care system, said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), and therefore have a particularly high stake in reform.

Nine Republican senators are urging President Barack Obama to facilitate more inclusive reform of America’s health care system and say the creation of a public insurance option would “inevitably doom …  Read →