WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Democrat Charles Schumer said the panel is considering fees on health insurers to help pay for healthcare overhaul, and discussed the idea as recently as Wednesday morning.
Schumer told reporters the fee could raise $100 billion over a decade.
"We need the insurance companies to step up to the plate and become part of the solution," he said.
(Reporting by Kim Dixon, editing by Jackie Frank)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats reached a compromise on Saturday with a holdout senator that secured the 60 votes they need to pass a broad healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama.
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