Question Of The Day: Trigger Vs. Co-Op

Which health care compromise has a better shot at making it through Congress and being signed by President Obama: the so-called "trigger" proposal, where a public insurance plan would be created if private insurers don't meet specific targets, or the co-op plan, where customer-owned, not-for-profit health insurance "co-ops" would be launched with government start-up money? Or will the public option prevail?

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