Sen. Cornyn: Public Option Remains “Deal-Breaker” for GOP

As reported in the San Antonio Express News:

As Democrats in Congress push harder for a government-run health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers in some reform bills, Sen. John Cornyn said it remains a “deal-breaker” with Republicans.

A public plan “would eventually undermine all the private-sector competition because the government could set a price that nobody could survive with,” the Texas Republican told the San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board on Thursday.

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