Senate Health Bill Would Increase Premiums for Some, Report Says - FOXNews.com: "The Senate's health care reform package would drive up insurance premiums for people not covered through their jobs but taxpayer-footed subsidies would help bring those costs down for some, according to a new report Monday.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office report also said the health bill would have a negligible effect on premiums for everyone else. Republicans seized on the estimate as more proof that Democrats' health care reform plan is a budget buster.
'Most people, according to the Congressional Budget office, will end up paying more or seeing no significant savings. This is not what the American people are asking for. And it's certainly not reform,' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
The health care reform debate officially began in the Senate on Monday afternoon, with Majority Leader Harry Reid kicking off debate on the floor and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., expected to offer the first GOP amendment later in the day. The CBO report offered fodder for both sides of the aisle."
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