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Key Senate committee passes health care plan

Key Senate committee passes health care plan

The Senate Finance Committee passed a long-awaited $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was the lone committee member to cross party lines, breaking with other Republicans to vote for the measure. All the committee's Democrats supported the bill.

 

Key health care vote set for next Tuesday

The Senate Finance Committee will vote on its long-awaited health care bill next Tuesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Thursday.

 

Senate health bill pegged at $829 billion

Senate health bill pegged at $829 billion

The Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill would cost an estimated $829 billion over 10 years and reduce the budget deficit by $81 billion, congressional budget analysts said on Wednesday.

 

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