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<font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"> </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3">Woolsey and her allies, including Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois
and Fortney "Pete" Stark of California, are armed with a new analysis by
the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It projects the public
option could save the federal government $68 billion between 2014 an
2020, according to Democrats.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><br></font>
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A government plan could save money with lower administrative costs and
by paying hospitals and doctors less than commercial insurance plans,
analysts have said; that could result in lower premiums and lower
government subsidies for Americans who choose that plan over plans
offered by commercial insurers.
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<font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><br></font><BR><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"> Insurance companies, hospitals and other businesses say a public option
would undermine existing employer-provided insurance and set the stage
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072105067.html"><font face="Times-Bold, sans-serif"><b>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072105067.html</b></font></a></font></p>
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