"It will raise the price of Americans' health care insurance premiums ; it'll kill roles with tax walks and new remits, and it'll cut seniors' Medicare benefits," declared the party's leader in the House, Rep John Boehner of Ohio. The party holds 256 seats in the House, where 218 makes a majority. One of the bill's major features is a new countrywide insurance market, in which non-public firms could sell policies that
meet federally remitted benefit levels, the govt would offer competing coverage and purchasers could shop for the policy that best met their wishes. A version of this story appears on page 12A of the Fri. , Oct thirty, 2009, print copy of the Detroit Free Press. Bull ; A vote in the House may be held by the end of the week after next.
