House bill would make health care a right

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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the
president's goal of health care legislation before their August break,
are offering a $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make
health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Left to
pick up most of the tab were medical providers, employers and the
wealthy.

"We cannot allow this issue to be delayed. We cannot put it off
again," Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Energy
and Commerce committee, said Tuesday. "We, quite frankly, cannot go
home for a recess unless the House and the Senate both pass bills to
reform and restructure our health care system."
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The 1,000-page bill is unlikely to attract any Republican backing, and
business groups and the insurance industry immediately assailed it as
a job-killer.
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