The Fannie Mae Health System

The Fannie Mae Health System:

President Obama's 'public option' health care plan has been temporarily shelved -- or, at least, that's what his spokespeople would have us believe. Kathleen Sibelius, secretary of health and human services, said on Aug. 16 that a public option wasn't an 'essential option' in revamping the health care system. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) is now pushing a new idea: the insurance co-op. 'A co-op has some appeal because it is a nonprofit alternative,' Conrad says. 'At the same time, not government run or government controlled.'"