The <strong>House</strong> speaker, <strong>Nancy Pelosi</strong> of California, on Thursday unveiled an $894 billion health care package that would provide insurance to up to 36 million people by broadly expanding <strong>Medicaid</strong>, the state-federal insurance program for the poor, and by offering subsidies to moderate-income Americans to buy insurance either from private carriers or a new <strong>government-run plan</strong>. <!--more-->
A new poll shows that 57 percent of Americans support a government-sponsored insurance option, and that soars to 76 percent if it's limited to those who can't get affordable private insurance. Click here to read more. <!--more-->
