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WSJ: Senate on Verge of Health Bill

WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Democrats are close to finalizing their health bill and could unveil a measure as soon as early this week that would include stiffer penalties on employers who fail to provide health coverage.

Senate leaders plan to submit the bill to the Congressional Budget Office for a cost estimate as soon as Monday, and make the legislation public as soon as Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

Details of the legislation could change, but its broad outlines are becoming clear. Employers with more than 50 workers wouldn't be required to provide health insurance, but they would face fines of up to $750 per employee if even part of their work force received a government subsidy to buy health insurance, this person said. A bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee had a lower fine of up to $400 per employee.

The bill to be brought to the Senate floor would create a new public health-insurance plan, but would give states the choice of opting out of participating in it, a proposal that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada backed last week. [...]

Yeah.  Well.  The US COnstitution?  Not a single frikkin' word on it.  Leahy and Pelosi said, "WHAT?" about the USC.  SImply amazing.  Just to let EVERYONE know, House Healthcare Bill To Exceed $1 Trillion.  Just thought I'd throw that one at you.

Remember what the White Marxist House blog said just early this morning?  The Public Option: Rumor Check.  Well, Rick Moran says: Obama still voting 'present' on health care reform.  So, ObamaCo is all over the Putrid Option?

[...] Obama apparently can't make up his mind between allowing for a "trigger" on a public option that would take effect after a few years when insurance companies don't "reform," and the more attractive "opt out" provision that would allow states to refuse participation in a public option. [...]

Obama has no clue.

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