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July 2 Health Care Update

Jul 02

1. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scores a modified Health Education Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee health care proposal at $611.4 billion, but the bill would still leave 34 million Americans without insurance.

2. The plan includes a public option and an employer mandate with a $750-per-employee penalty for the uninsured.

3. Read the Kennedy/Dodd letter to the committee here.

4. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) continues to modify his public plan proposal.

5. American Medical Association supports “an American Model” of public and private insurance companies.

6. President Obama held a health care roundtable in Annandale, Virginia yesterday to promote reform legislation.

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