Efforts to draft comprehensive health reform legislation are advancing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Finance committees, according to several newspaper reports. Senate HELP Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) plans to lead a unified Democratic effort to develop and pass legislation based on President-elect Barack Obama's health care proposal to expand health coverage to more U.S. residents, committee spokesperson Michael Myers told reporters Thursday at a Families USA briefing, CQ HealthBeat reports. Kennedy began organizing discussions between his staff and health care industry stakeholders this summer. The roundtable talks have mostly involved Democratic lawmakers, but Myers said staffers expect to begin meeting with Republicans now that the election is over. Myers said that the committee has...
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