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Rockefeller says can't back Senate panel bill yet

</head> <body> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Rockefeller, a Finance Committee member and a strong backer of a government-run insurance option, said on Tuesday he will not support the panel's healthcare bill in its present form.</p> <p>Rockefeller told reporters he was unhappy with the lack of a government-run "public" insurance option in the bill, which is scheduled to be made public on Wednesday, and had problems with some of its changes in children's health insurance and Medicaid, or healthcare for the poor.</p> <p>"There is no way in its present form that I will vote for it," he told reporters. The Senate Finance bill, under negotiations for months, could be the focus of an ultimate congressional compromise on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.</p> <p>(Editing by Sandra Maler)</p> </body> </html> </div><!-- end article-body --> </div><!-- end aticle-body-wrapper --> <aside> <ul class="social-share-btns clearfix"> <li><g:plusone size="medium" href="http://whtc.com/news/articles/2009/sep/15/rockefeller-says-cant-back-senate-panel-bill-yet/"></g:plusone></li> <li><div id="fb-root"></div><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=112315878855956&xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="http://whtc.com/news/articles/2009/sep/15/rockefeller-says-cant-back-senate-panel-bill-yet/" action="recommend" send="true" layout="button_count" width="150" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://whtc.com/news/articles/2009/sep/15/rockefeller-says-cant-back-senate-panel-bill-yet/" data-text="Rockefeller says can't back Senate panel bill yet" data-count="horizontal">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></li> </ul><!-- end social-share-btns --> </aside> </div><!-- end article-container --> <section class="comment-container"> <h1 class="h2">Comments</h1> <a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/15/rockefeller-says-cant-back-senate-panel-bill-yet/#disqus_thread"></a> <div id="disqus_thread" class="section-widget"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var disqus_shortname = 'whtc'; var disqus_title = 'Rockefeller says can't back Senate panel bill yet'; var disqus_url = 'http://whtc.com/news/articles/2009/sep/15/rockefeller-says-cant-back-senate-panel-bill-yet/'; (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); </script> </section><!-- end comment-container --> </article> </div><!-- end of col-1 --> <div id="col-2"> <form class="section-search-form clearfix" method="get" action="/search/"> <fieldset class="clearfix"> <input class="section-search" type="text" rel="Search News" name="q" placeholder="Search News" /> <input class="section-search-submit" type="image" alt="Search" src="http://static.mwcradio.com/images/icons/section-search.gif" /> </fieldset> </form> <div class="ad-300x250"></div> <aside class="aside-module top-stories"> <h1>Top Stories</h1> <ul class="unstyled-list single-col-list"> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/man-sentenced-in-home-invasion/" title="Full Article: Man Sentenced in Home Invasion">Man Sentenced in Home Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/federal-agents-again-looking-for-jimmy-hoffa/" title="Full Article: Federal Agents Again Looking for Jimmy Hoffa">Federal Agents Again Looking for Jimmy Hoffa</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/governor-on-mission-in-israel/" title="Full Article: Governor on Mission in Israel">Governor on Mission in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/17/air-conditioner-unit-malfunction-smokes-out-holland-restaurant/" title="Full Article: Air Conditioner Unit Malfunction Smokes Out Holland Restaurant">Air Conditioner Unit Malfunction Smokes Out Holl...</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/16/mr-fister-holds-twins-in-iron-grip-as-tigers-win-cubs-sox-caps-fall/" title="Full Article: Mr. Fister Holds Twins in Iron Grip as Tigers Win; Cubs, Sox & Caps Fall">Mr. Fister Holds Twins in Iron Grip as Tigers Wi...</a></li> </ul> </aside> <!-- <div class="text-ad"> <span class="ad-label">Advertisement</span> <a class="clearfix" href="" title=""> <img class="text-ad_img small-img-border" src="" alt="" /> <span class="text-ad_title">Wausau Scrap & Recycling</span> <span class="text-ad_message">Bring all of your scrap metal to Wausau Scrap & Recycling on weekdays, 8am - 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