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Revisions Aid HELP Plan
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's revised health reform proposal would cost slightly more than $600 billion over 10 years and, when combined with Senate Finance Committee proposals, cover 97% of U.S. residents, according to committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.). Previously, the Congressional Budget Office scored the committee's health care proposal at about $1 trillion over 10 years and estimated that the plan would result in millions remaining uninsured. The senators say that the new estimate reflects two changes made by the committee: a public plan option and a play-or-pay employer provision. Under the employer provisions, businesses would be required to offer employees health coverage or pay a $750 annual fee for each full-time worker and a $375 annual fee for each part-time worker not covered. Companies with fewer than 25 employees would be exempt from the fee.

Be sure to check out On the Issues, an ongoing series of analysis pieces on health care politics and policy. Today, we feature the final part of a two-day look at how the main congressional health reform proposals address expanding the number of insured and paying for a large-scale health overhaul.

American Health Line will not publish on Friday, July 3. Publication will resume on Monday, July 6.

CRAFTING THE OVERHAUL: New Revenue and Cost Offsets
HELP BILL: Revised Plan Would Cost $600B, Cover 97% of U.S. Residents
OBAMA: Touts Need for Reform Plan in Va. Town Hall Meeting
SENATE: Schumer To Introduce Public Option Amendment to Finance Bill
POLL: Many U.S. Residents Support Public Option; Few Would Participate
ROUNDUP: AHL Highlights Latest Health Reform News
MEDICARE: CMS Proposes Cutting Specialist Payments
CDC: Reports Private Health Coverage at 50-Year Low
FDA: Issues Black Box Warning for Smoking Cessation Treatments
PHYSICIAN GIFTS: Two States Implement Laws Restricting Practices
OBESITY: Rates Increase in 23 States; No State Has Significant Decline, Study Finds
RESEARCH: AHL Highlights Recent Clinical News



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