WASHINGTON (AP) — With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Obama’s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.Maine Republican Olympia Snowe said she was laying aside misgivings for now and voting to advance the bill, a sweeping $829-billon, 10-year health care remake that would help most Americans get coverage without creating a new government insurance plan. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Senate panel, lone Republican OKs health care reform plan
October 12, 2009