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Health Care Reform Fight Brews

Critics of the Senate's health care reform bill promise -- they'lCritics of the Senate's health care reform bill promise -- they'll fight hard against it when debate begins after the holiday break.Debate begins in the Senate after Thanksgiving -- and it's expected to center around a few key items:Funding for abortions, the bill's price tag...And a government-run health plan known as the public option that would compete with private plans.Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - NY) says, "You need to inject some competition into the insurance industry. The best way to do that is a public option."Sen. Jon Kyl (R - AZ) - "Massachusetts has the ultimate public option. Massachusetts has the second highest premiums in the country. It turns out public option doesn't drive premiums down."As it stands, supporters still don't have the votes they need to get the bill passed.



 


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