The Senate Finance Committee has rejected a second attempt to insert a public option into a sweeping health care reform bill the panel is drafting.
The 10-13 vote was on a provision sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., which would have created a public health insurance option that allowed doctors to negotiate reimbursement rates.
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