Health Reform Bill Approved By Finance Panel, Snowe Sides With Democrats

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Article Date: 15 Oct 2009 - 7:00 PDT

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Kaiser Kaiser Health News staff writers Eric Pianin and Mary Agnes Carey report on yesterday's developments in the Senate Finance Committee. "With the support of a lone Republican, the Senate Finance Committee today approved a $829 billion health care package that would assure that most Americans would have access to health insurance, end discriminatory insurance industry practices and impose a tax on high-cost, or 'Cadillac,' employer-based health care plans" (10/13). Read full story.

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