Hold the Phone on That Sebelius Post

The Associated Press just reworked its earlier piece stemming from a morning interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. No longer does it include the secretary’s de-emphasis of the public plan, on which I just posted. Instead, it’s got her trumpeting the merits of such an option.

“I think there is a lot of understanding that the private market has really failed to provide affordable coverage to Americans,” Sebelius said. The industry has had “a lot of opportunities” to get rid of coverage restrictions and other unpopular policies, Sebelius said, and really “hasn’t served Americans very well.”

These are the perils of blogging other folks’ reporting. It’s OK to be confused.