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Article: In Brief.(health care reform)
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- Business Insurance
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- October 12, 2009
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Senate panel to vote on health reform bill
Bolstered by a favorable report from congressional budget analysts, health care reform legislation drafted by members of a Senate committee is scheduled for a key vote Tuesday. If the Finance Committee approves the measure, as is expected, the measure will be melded with a somewhat different bill cleared earlier by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The compromise bill then will be considered by the full Senate. The Finance Committee action comes in the wake of a report by the Congressional Budget Office that found that the panel's bill, if passed, would cost $829 billion and reduce the federal budget ...