Government-Run ‘Public Option’ in Pelosi Health Bill Threatens to Kill Hospitals, Says Democrat Who Voted Against the Bill

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), who voted against the Pelosi health care bill that was approved by the House of Representatives Saturday night, said he fears that the government-run “public option” health insurance plan the bill would create could kill the hospitals in his congressional district.

Boucher announced in a statement released before the vote the he intended “to oppose the bill because of my concern that a government operated health insurance plan could place at risk the survival of our region's hospitals.”