The Health Care Reform - "House Bill No Chance in Senate"

The health care bill passed by the House of Repersentatives with great media flare on October 29 won't probably have much success in the Senate as the bill is unacceptable to many Democrats and Indpenedents. For Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, the biggest issue is the public option; he echoes concerns of many that such program would damage private insurers. In addition to the public option there are several differences between the plans: the Senate's bill doesn't require employers to provied coverage, it would probably cost less (under $900 billion) and it would use a variety of new taxes and fees to cover the costs (the House is planning to raise taxes for high income groups). However, the Bill in the Senate is not likely to be voted on as swiftly as in the House because the Congressional Budget Office still has to come up with the costs of the Bill.

by Lucie

Source: AP/Kare11 November 9, 2009