Health Bill Hopes To Sway Reluctant Democrats

by David Welna, NPR

The Senate needs 60 votes to bring its health care bill to the floor. To round up those votes, the bill unveiled Wednesday costs less than the House version, and delays the effective date for many provisions to 2014. Republicans are denouncing the cost cuts as mere gimmicks. Will those measures be enough to persuade wavering Democrats to vote at least to bring the bill up?

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 19, 2009