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Nope. Version 1 of the ACA from the Pelosi House: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3962/summary/00
This is the 2nd time I've come across someone lying specifically about this in the past day. Not sure if Zoomer hyperbole or Vlad.
First off. That's not how bills work. You don't introduce one and have it fail and that's the "first draft". Secondly this bill didn't fail. It passed and it has become law. Thirdly this is a simple Medicaid and Medicare expansion bill. It did not create a public option for people. It just made Medicaid and Medicare available for a few more people than it previously did. You should actually read the stuff you link to.
Here is the actual Affordable Care Act with its "first draft" AKA the introduction.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3590
And finally I'm Gen X not a Zoomer. I was there when they wrote this shit, I was there when they were debating it and paying very close attention. And I watched Nancy Pelosi go on television and tell everyone that a public option was not on the table because they wanted "bipartisan support" and Republicans wouldn't support it with a public option attached. (Biden echoed this later while running for president) This, even though at that time they owned both the House and the Senate and the Presidency. And they were still trying to play nice with the goddamn Republicans. They were "afraid of a filibuster". And they didn't have the spine necessary to do away with the 2/3 majority overrule. Which, BTW, the Republicans have no scruples about doing.
He's arguing in favour of letting Republicans win every election from now on, so my money's on Vlad, with a sidebet on single-digit IQ.