Okay, very weird headline on Rawstory. com

[Javaman]

"Democrats strip single payer from healthcare bill: Developing..."

anyone have any info on this?? or is it just more smoke and mirrors?

UPDATE:

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/democrats-strip-singlepayer-healthcare-proposal-health-overhaul/

Democrats strip single-payer healthcare proposal from health overhaul

By John Byrne
Friday, October 30th, 2009 -- 8:56 am

A government-run healthcare program may become an "option" for those who don't have employer-sponsored healthcare coverage, but a government-run healthcare system will not.

House Democratic leaders quietly stripped a single-payer provision from the House version of the healthcare overhaul Thursday. The measure would have allowed states to set up their own state-run healthcare systems, where local governments would have become de facto health insurers for residents.

A Democratic aide told Roll Call that there was "consensus" to remove the provision, which was proposed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and inserted by a majority vote in the House Education and Labor Committee.

“The fact is, the majority of the Democratic Caucus agreed that the most effective way forward was through a competitive marketplace coupled with strong consumer protections and the choice of a public option,” Education and Labor Committee spokesman Aaron Albright remarked.

[John Q. Citizen]

1. Pelosi stripped it out of the bill. Call her and ask her to put it back