Sen. Schumer to put government option in health bill

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed Sunday to jam a government-run insurance provision into the Senate bill he and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) are readying for a showdown tomorrow with Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.).

If health reform passes, it will require people to buy insurance, and fine them if they don't.

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