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By Steffie WoolhandlerNew York Times Room for Debate Blog August 10, 2009 “The Health Insurers Have Already Won” reads the cover story in Business Week’s Aug. 6 issue. That’s the short answer to why the public option option is off the table as well as to why the new bill will use an individual mandate to force the uninsured to buy private insurance. Or, more fundamentally, why Congress didn’t pursue the single-payer, Medicare-for-all approach used in other developed nations.
