Apparently the White House has an alternate Health Care plan drafted or nearly so that they plan to produce if there is no success getting a joint bill out of the House and the Senate.

The White House has been secretly drafting its own health care legislation that it may unveil at some point during the debate if officials believe it would help secure passage of a bill, according to sources familiar with the effort.

The White House plan

Offers a public health insurance option to provide the uninsured and those who can’t find affordable coverage with a real choice. The President believes this option will promote competition, hold insurance companies accountable and assure affordable choices. It is completely voluntary. The President believes the public option must operate like any private insurance company – it must be self-sufficient and rely on the premiums it collects.

However,

The White House measure appears designed to entice moderate Democrats and perhaps even Republicans into supporting a health care overhaul if legislative efforts in Congress fail or if they move too far to the left. Sources said one possibility would be to invoke the measure if the Senate cannot rally 60 votes to break a filibuster. Another option may be to present details of what the White House wants during a conference between the House and the Senate.

Uhhh, no comprende??  The GOP is staunchly against this effort and has made clear that it will not vote for any health care bill that includes a public option so this writer fails to understand how the White House will make a bill with a public option GOP worthy?  Or, why it should.  The American people are not concerned about bipartisanship they are concerned with getting affordable health insurance.  How we get to that end or the process involved is of little importance to the average American.  We have 45,000 Americans dying each year as stated on the floor yesterday by Rep. Alan Grayson.  Rep. Grayson went on the floor and told the truth about what the GOP plans to do about the 45,000 future Americans who are at risk.  Basically the Congressman said the Republican plan is this:  Don’t get sick or if you do get sick, die quickly.  It was right on point.  Honestly, a few democratic congressman and senators need to channel Grayson’s “straight talk.”  The White House and the Democrats in the House and the Senate need to do what the people demand.  The American people are too invested in this outcome for the leaders in Washington to try and slide by some weak health insurance reform bill and not expect a significant backlash.  We are paying attention and we expect the right result.