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On Christmas Eve, the Senate passed the so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” This Bill, along with its counterpart that passed the House earlier last year, is chock-full of obscure provisions which, if finally enacted into law, will result in the most sweeping changes to how health services are provided and paid for since [...]

It now looks likely that a health care reform bill will be passed and signed in late January or early February.  Basically, all that remains is the Conference between leaders from the House and Senate and a vote on the compromised bill by both Houses.
 
Three provisions could derail the process:
(1)        The public plan [...]

The Health Care Reform bill continues to move slowly through Senate debate.  Much of what is happening is purely political, that is, getting enough votes to pass the bill.  And, increasingly, to try to make the final bill sufficiently satisfactory to the House of Representatives so that the House will be able to pass the [...]

It is hard to predict anything that either House or Congress does on health care reform.  This is especially so since the time tables that were set by both Houses have been slipping so badly.  The first idea was a bill before August and then before Thanksgiving.  Now, we’re looking well beyond that.
 
The Senate is [...]