Did Obama make a backroom deal to kill the public option?

A New York Times reporter has confirmed that President Obama made a deal with hospital lobbyists back in August of 2009, that promised there would be no public option.

Obama, on many occasions made speeches supporting a public option but this explains why he never did anything to get it included in a health care bill.

Nancy Pelosi had said only a few days ago that a public option wouldnt be in the House bill largely because Obama never fought for it,, never pushed for it and never supported it. And now we know why. Because of this backroom deal with lobbyists he made back in August promising there would be no public option.

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