A senior Democratic Senate aide, however, said that
putting any figure on the size of the current Finance Committee bill 'would be
an exercise in false precision' ... [and] Policy experts say that Democrats may
have to accept a bill that is a far cry from the ambitious and costly health
care overhaul blueprints on the drawing boards in the House and Senate that
would extend coverage to many uninsured Americans, eliminate discriminatory
practices within the insurance industry and try to rein in health costs in the
coming decade (Carey and Pianin, 9/4).
Source: Kaiser Health News
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