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REGION: North America
TOPIC: Health
Online NewsHour
UPDATE Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:00 AM ET    

Dealmaking on Health Reform Goes Behind Closed Doors

One day after Sen. Max Baucus' finance committee passed its version of health insurance reform legislation, Senate Democrats and the White House met behind closed doors to fix differences among other reform bills.
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In this web-only audio report, NewsHour Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser describes new developments in negotiations between the White House and the Senate.

Listen here:

The next step in the health insurance reform process, President Barack Obama's most important domestic agenda item, is for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to meld the Senate Finance bill with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill.

The House of Representatives will also need to reconcile several different bills before lawmakers can vote on a final version on that side of the Congress.

Bowser filed a separate report that will air on the NewsHour tonight.


---- Produced by Quinn Bowman, Online NewsHour

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