Health Care Bill Faces Challenges in House, Senate

Health Care Bill Faces Challenges in House, Senate

The Senate Finance Committee is slated to vote on a health care bill today that will probably provide the template for what, if any, health care bill is eventually passed.

That bill does not include three controversial items that the House versions do contain: a public option, the taxing of "Cadillac" insurance policies, and stricter regulation of employer-based insurance.

Critics of the bill call the Senate bill – without these provisions -- "socialized medicine lite" but even socialized medicine “lite” will cause serious problems for Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The...