http://greisguide.com Business and Legal Resources for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:22:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://greisguide.com/2009/10/15/senate-finance-committee-approves-health-care-reform-bill-and-moves-toward-reconciliation/ http://greisguide.com/2009/10/15/senate-finance-committee-approves-health-care-reform-bill-and-moves-toward-reconciliation/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:17:44 +0000 Jason Greis http://greisguide.com/?p=1427 On October 14, 2009 the Senate Finance Committee became the fifth and final Congressional Committee to approve a health care reform bill. Passing the Committee 14-9, every Democrat plus Republican Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voted for the bill.  For Chairman Baucus (D-MT), gaining Sen. Snowe’s vote was a big win, but equally important was his ability to hold the Democrats together for this vote.  Senators John Rockefeller (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) all expressed concerns with the bill during its consideration, and none of them had stated definitively how they would vote on the bill until the final moments. Read More...

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