Reid is leaning toward a public option with an opt-out in defiance of Snowe and Baucus.

The only reason the public option has gotten so far is because the progressive grassroots would not let Congressional Democrats throw it under the bus.

On a related note, Nevada is being phone banked.

Important but overlooked is the lack of robust risk adjustment mechanisms on the exchange which could make quality health insurance impossible.

Ezra Klein may have finally had his blind faith in the power of exchanges without a public option to reduce cost shaken.

David Dayen has more details on Reid’s doc fix debacle and where the public option stands in both chambers.

The health insurance industry is now in full anti-reform mode.