From LA Times:
Reporting from Washington — A hard-fought agreement over healthcare reform among House Democrats apparently will enable Rep. Henry Waxman’s committee to vote on the deal today, before the House recesses for its summer break.
The proposal offers healthcare for nearly all of an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans, with expected action by the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, offering President Obama a milestone for his No. 1 domestic priority this year.
“We have agreed we need to pull together,” Waxman (D-Calif.) said today.
The agreement among liberal, moderate and conservative factions of the party stems from negotiations that ran late into the night Thursday. It includes subsidies to assist low- to middle-income people pay for health insurance premiums, maintains a public insurance option for those who cannot find private coverage and cuts costs for prescription drugs.






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