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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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House panel backs public health plan, co-ops

1 of 7. A six-year-old boy patient at Capital Area Pediatrics office in Ashburn, Virginia waits to see a doctor, July 29, 2009.

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WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:26pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday passed a measure allowing federal health officials to negotiate rates under a public health insurance plan option, voting 33-26.

The amendment to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's larger healthcare reform legislation also allows states to set up separate health insurance exchanges.

The committee is still weighing other changes to the bill before voting on final passage of the overall legislation, which would then have to pass the entire House.
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