On Christmas Eve, the Senate passed the latest version of its health-care reform bill, which is predicted to cost approximately $871 billion in the course of the first 10 years. The bill includes the “11th hour” addition of a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services. The approval process took just 15 minutes, resulting in a “yes” vote of 60-39.
The House passed its $1.05 trillion version of the bill back in November. The next step is for the Senate and House versions to go to conference committee so the major differences can be reconciled. Besides the tanning tax discrepancy, there are also conflicts regarding the consequences of not participating, the costs – both overall and to the public, the level of government involvement, the funding of abortions, and coverage for illegal immigrants.
It’s estimated that the parties will work through the process in January, then sending the agreed-upon version to the president to sign in February. However, based on the conflicting views seen largely between Republicans and Democrats concerning the legislation, there’s no guarantee that the process will occur quickly or smoothly.
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Article source: Looking Fit
NowPublic: U.S. Senate Vote On Health Care Reform: New Health Bill Passed
Los Angeles Times: About the Senate’s healthcare vote
Fox News: RAW DATA: House and Senate Health Care Bills Contain Vast Differences
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This is crazy. They are only targeting working class white women/people. That is racists and discrimination. We can’t afford to tax our customers 10% tax plus what ever our state or local tax is. In my county, I will have to charge a total of 17% to my customers services. That is ridiculous! I am so going to voice my opinion on this and I will tell them to there face how I fee too I need be.