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To: Sully- who wrote (32172)	1/9/2010 2:38:49 AM
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Pelosi says she will not accept Senate health bill without changes By: Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent beltway-confidential 01/07/10 3:25 PM EST A massive conference call on health care legislation among the House Democratic Caucus ended Thursday afternoon with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., promising her rank-and-file members she plans to make changes to the final bill that will ensure more affordability and access. Pelosi also told the 175 Democrats who participated in the call that despite some reports, a formal conference committee has not been ruled out for merging the House and Senate version. "The Speaker answered the question of whether the White House is going to force us to just take the Senate bill and she made clear that wasn't the case," said a Democratic aide who listened to the call. "We are going to negotiate a final bill and it has to meet," the House standards. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. described "a very positive call" in which members voiced their concerns about differences between the two bills, including proposed tax increases, abortion and immigration. The call also focused on implementation. The House bill calls for a national insurance exchange while the Senate bill incorporates state-wide exchanges. "A national exchange is something people want to ensure because that builds in the mechanism for lowering cost and for competition," DeLauro said. Pelosi also told members, according to a Democratic aide, "they wanted to ensure equity," on federal reimbursement for the proposed expansion of Medicaid. In the Senate bill, some states received much more generous federal funding than others but lawmakers from other states are demanding the same deal, which could raise the cost of the bill by billions of dollars. washingtonexaminer.com

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