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Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Reform Bill
Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Reform Bill
J Frieden
20090913
2009 Oct 13
Elsevier Global Medical News
Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Reform Bill
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 13, J Frieden
WASHINGTON (EGMN) - After months of internal debate, the Senate Finance Committee passed a health care reform bill on Oct. 13 aimed at expanding health coverage and making health insurance more affordable. The 14-9 vote in favor of the bill was split largely along party lines, with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) the lone Republican to cross over and vote for the bill along with 13 Democratic colleagues."The status quo has produced one glaring common denominator," Sen. Snowe said before casting her...