PolicyCast: Finance Committee's Health Care Reform Bill

U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman details some of the finer points of the Senate Finance Committees final health care reform legislation. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) "scored" - calculated the cost of the measure - the bill and the Committee is expected to vote on the legislation soon. Bingaman outlines how the bill is both comprehensive and fiscally responsible in this PolicyCast.

Bingaman discusses some of the provisions that he supports in the bill, as well as several inclusions that he was influential in creating. He also discusses how the bill will be paid for, and the next steps in passing legislation - including the possibility of amending the bill to include a public option.

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