"As the Senate prepares to debate a massive health care overhaul, California Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are pushing hard for a public option, which would allow the federal government to compete with private insurers.
The two senators are included in a group of 30 who wrote a letter earlier this month to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, asking that a public option be included in the Senate bill.
The senators got their wish today, when Reid announced that the Senate bill will indeed include a public option. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco says the final House bill will include a public option, too.
But there still are plenty of details to be worked out."