Senate Votes to Begin Health Care Debate
Yesterday, the Senate voted 60-39 to begin debating their health care reform bill (all 60 votes were needed for debate to continue). CRFB has put together a chart comparing the House and Senate bills here. We also recommend you check out the following CBO and JCT reports on the Senate bill released in the last few days:
- CBO Analysis of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- JCT Revenue Estimates for Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
- CBO: Subsidies and payments at different income levels
- CBO: Distribution of individual mandate penalties
- CBO: Effect on the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund
- CBO: Effect on projected enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and subsidies for extra benefits not covered by Medicare
And check our our recent blogs on the bill: