Key health vote set for next tuesday

The senate will vote on its long-awaited health care bill next Tuesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Thursday. The Finance Committee is the one of the last of five congressional panels to consider health care legislation before debate begins in the full House and Senate. Before the amendments, the Budget Office projected that the committee's version of the bill would cost $774 billion; Chairman Baucus estimated that it would cost $856 billion. The bill is the only proposal being seriously considered that would cost less than $1 trillion over the next decade. Obama and Democratic leaders, aware of a rockier political climate because of midterm congressional elections in 2010, insist a bill must pass this year to address spiraling health care costs that are threatening economic stability.

I believe that this is a big thing for the economy and a huge step for Obama. I believe this could be a great help for the United States. And with the vote coming as soon as Tuesday it will cover this subject and allow new items to be discussed. Its good that both parties agree on major aspects of health care reform, among them capping consumers' annual out-of-pocket expenses for health care and halting insurance company practices of denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.


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