NU Online News Service, Feb.19, 3:32 p.m. EST

The White House and congressional Democratic leaders are crafting a new health care reform bill including a tax on high-priced health insurance plans, according to administration officials and industry sources.

Other provisions being worked on would cut the size of payments to private providers for the Medicare Advantage program and limit health insurance organizations' medical loss ratios–the percentage of HMO premium revenues that go to pay for actual medical services.

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