Salon.com > Thomas R. Carper, D-Del. http://www.salon.com Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A new public option plan? http://www.salon.com/2009/10/01/carper/ http://www.salon.com/2009/10/01/carper/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/news/politics//war_room/2009/10/01/carper Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., has never been a high-profile figure in Washington. But he's out of Joe Biden's shadow now, and he's reportedly working on healthcare reform in a way that could end up making him an influential player in the debate.

Politico reports Thursday that Carper has been working on a proposal for a modified public option, one that would give states the choice of creating their own government-run insurance provider instead of having the federal government operate one large entity.

"Carper has buttonholed President Barack Obama several times, shopped a one-page explainer to his Finance Committee colleagues, and huddled with [Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine]," Politico reports. "He began formulating his plan several weeks ago, and has been quietly talking it up since then."

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