https://freerepublic.com/tag/democraticsenator61/ en-us Tue, 7 Jul 2009 04:41:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287046/posts PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Olympia Snowe, a key figure in shaping federal health care legislation, said Monday that a government-run plan that would take effect if the private insurance market fails to deliver affordable coverage could bridge the partisan divide that threatens to derail President Barack Obama's efforts to reform the system. Snowe, R-Maine, said she's working with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to establish that kind of a framework in the bill expected to emerge next month from the Senate Finance Committee. In an Associated Press interview in Portland, Snowe said it would be unfair to include a government-run... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287046/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 04:41:04 GMT