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And in an interview with CNBC and The New York Times, Mr. Obama expressed a willingness to compromise on his call for a new public insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
Republicans strongly oppose that idea, and some Democrats are pushing an alternative that would create nonprofit health cooperatives instead.
“We’re open-minded,” Mr. Obama said. “If, for example, the cooperative idea that Kent Conrad has put forward, if that is a better way to reduce costs and help families and businesses with their health care, I’m more than happy to accept those good ideas.”
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