Is health reform dead?
The fight for health care isn't over yet, but it got a lot tougher with the election results in Massachusetts last week, which leaves Senate Democrats with 59 votes – one vote shy of being able to stop a filibuster.
Both the House and Senate have passed health care bills that would stop insurance companies from turning away consumers with pre-existing conditions, place stricter limits on the premiums they can charge older Americans, and provide relief from the high cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries that fall into the doughnut hole.
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