Once More, With Feeling: House Dems Pursue Public Option Bill
July 23rd, 2010 - Congressional Quarterly
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., and other House Democrats announced Thursday the introduction of a bill to add a government-run insurance plan to compete with private plans that will be offered in 2014 in insurance exchanges created under the health care overhaul law.


Washington Strategic Consulting Announces www.wscblog.com
October 8th, 2009 -
WASHINGTON – Washington Strategic Consulting (WSC) announced today the launch of its new blog: www.washingtonstrategicblog.com.

Board Named to Review Grants for Nonprofit Health Care Co-ops
June 29th, 2010 - CQ HealthBeat
“Consumer-operated and oriented plans” were the hot topic at one point of last summer’s health overhaul debate — promoted by moderate Democrats such as Sen. Conrad of North Dakota as a less divisive alternative to for-profit care than the “public plan” strongly opposed by hospitals and insurers. But while the co-op idea may have won grudging acceptance as a compromise, marketplace analysts wondered whether new co-ops would actually form.

Judge Hears Arguments on Health Care Challenge
July 2nd, 2010 - The New York Times
RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time since President Obama signed the health care law, the federal government faced off in open court Thursday against one of the 21 states that are seeking to invalidate the law by challenging the requirement that most Americans obtain insurance.