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More breaking news on health care: Keith Olbermann just reported a deal in the Senate worked out by the so-Called “Gang of Ten” (it’s five conservative Democrats and five progressive Democrats that got together to work on the public option). Here it is: In exchange for dropping the public option, the conservatives have agreed to a Medicare opt-in program that would expand Medicare eligibility to begin at age 55. In other words, under this agreement, 55- to 64-year-olds will be able to enroll in the same national Medicare program that currently starts only at age 65.
Olbermann is just saying now that Harry Reid has confirmed an AP report about it.
UPDATE: Rachel Maddow just quoted a just-published Reuters report that says Harry Reid is denying the AP report’s claim that the public option has been abandoned. Maddow is interviewing Bernie Sanders right now.
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