NU Online News Service, May 5, 2:48 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–Current efforts for health care reform could be derailed by proposals calling for a "public plan" coverage option and a federal health board, a conservative think tank representative told a Senate panel today.

Stuart Butler, a vice president of the Heritage Foundation, made his comments at a roundtable convened by the Senate Finance Committee on how health care should be delivered in a revamped health care system.

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