Lawmakers clash over cost of health care overhaul
• APBut the more important Senate Finance Committee announced it would
delay action, as senators sought to retool their proposals to slash the
cost by more than one-third, from an initial $1.6 trillion over 10
years, to less than $1 trillion. Of the five major panels working on
health care, Finance has the best odds of coming up with a bipartisan
proposal that could overcome gathering opposition.
