Senate Democrats hope to retain 'Sweet 60' to pass health care reform

By Money Matters Editors

Senate Democrats late Sunday night were poised to begin a test vote for the health care reform bill, now that U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, was granted certain concessions and agreed to support the bill on Saturday

If the health care reform bill passes, it would be the biggest social policy advance by the United States since the passage of Medicare in 1965, and it would rank third behind the latter and the establishment of Social Security of 1935 in terms of social safety net significance.