Feinstein Exploring How to Lower Health Costs

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there's "more than one way to skin that cat" when it comes to lowering health care costs.

But she's stopping short of insisting that an overhaul of the system must include a government-run "public option."

The California Democrat says changing the way the country's biggest insurers do business is key to bringing down costs.

Feinstein also says she believes it's possible to overhaul the system without increasing the federal deficit, as President Barack Obama has promised.

She spoke on CNN"s "State of the Nation."

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