Aug 18, 2009 5:41 pm US/Eastern
Gibbs Insists Obama Not Backing Off Public Option
WASHINGTON (AP) ―
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during a briefing May 15, 2009 at the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insists the Obama administration has not shifted its goals on health care reform or distanced itself from a government-run public insurance option.
He said in a meeting with reporters Tuesday morning that news stories suggesting that the administration was ready to abandon the public option as it battles to push health care reform through were overblown. The rash of reports began after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared to signal the president was open to health care cooperatives as an alternative.
Gibbs said there was no intention to indicate a change in policy. He said, "If it was a signal, it was a dog whistle we started blowing weeks ago."
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