It's Official: House Won't Vote on Health Reform Before Break

While the full details of the Finance bill have not been officially released, the legislation does not appear to include the call for of a government run public option insurance plan and a requirement that most employers be mandated to provide health benefits for their employees. These two provisions are included in the House and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bills.

Rather than a government run plan, the Finance Committee has been examining the creation of member owned healthcare cooperatives that would receive $6 billion in federal seed money.

Instead of an employer mandate on health benefits, the senators are looking at ways to prevent employers from passing on their health costs by requiring them to reimbursement the government for expenditures incurred with enrolling workers in Medicaid or providing subsidies for private insurance.