Vote on Key Health Bill Delayed for Cost Report

Senators learned Monday that a committee vote on health-care reform will be pushed back to later this week, and perhaps into next week, as they await an estimate on how much the overhaul would cost.

But if the news of the delayed vote disappointed them, Democratic leaders in the Senate took heart from reform endorsements from some high-profile Republicans, including former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former health and human services ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Washington Post , Google News (U.S.), Google News (Lobbying), NewsRack (Health Care)
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Posted by: via Washington Post - Oct 5, 2009 - 5:33 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Oct 5, 2009 - 7:59 PM PDT

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by Diane Kamp - Oct. 6, 2009

There is nothing new about health care reform in this story. It is just reporting inside the beltway maneuvering and sausage making. What are the real costs of health care reform? Will the CBO factor in bankruptcies caused by medical bills? Will the CBO factor in our American companies growing disadvantage world wide because they have the burden of health care expenses for their employees that the companies in the grown up countries don't have? Who were these doctors summoned to ... More »

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