Health education committee result

Efforts to remake the American health care system took a major step forward in the Senate on Wednesday. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee completed work on its health overhaul bill, which it passed 13-10 on a party-line vote.

Also on Wednesday, Democrats in the House of Representatives pushed forward their version of health reform, holding the first hearing on the details of a plan that would spend $1 trillion over 10 years and cover 97 percent of citizens by 2015, according to a preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.
Meanwhile, President Obama's campaign organization released its first television ads to build support for the health overhaul.
The bill approved by the Senate HELP committee would cost $600 billion and provide subsidies to make it easier for many people to get health insurance. Individuals and families making up to four times the federal poverty level, or about $88,000 a year for a family four, would qualify.
"This bill, because of what we've done, we think is going to increase access," said Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), who led nearly a month of hearings on the bill. "It's going to reduce costs to individuals, and it's going to improve the quality of health care in our country."



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