| Senate Girds for Historic Debate on Health Bill |
| 11/19/2009 |
| A battle over health care reform is expected on the Senate floor by week`s end. The bill unveiled by Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid would extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. The Democrat`s $849 billion measure is designed to remake the nation`s health care system, relying on cuts in future Medicare spending to cover costs - as well as on higher payroll taxes for the well-to-do. Senator Kent Conrad says the legislation would impose a higher payroll tax on families earning more than $250,000 a year. There`s also a new levy on patients undergoing elective cosmetic surgery. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, says it "will not be a short debate." He says Americans know that higher premiums, tax increases and Medicare cuts to pay for more government do not add up to reform. |
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