Senator Karen Keiser speaks out on Public Health Insurance Option

This Tuesday, Washington State Senator Karen Keiser (D, Des Moines), won endorsement of the hotly contested public health insurance option from the body representing every state legislature in the country. Citing the need for bold and immediate action to stem the rising costs of health care, over three quarters of the states represented on the the National Conference of State Legislatures' Standing Committee on Health voted to include an amendment co-authored by Keiser calling for a public health insurance option in the committee's official policy recommendations for federal health care reform. On Thursday, the recommendation will come up for a vote before the full body of NCSL, which represents over 7,500 state legislators across the country.