NU Online News Service, March 5, 2:25 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON–President Obama hopes to get his health care reform bill through the House by March 18, his advisers said yesterday, but the president's press secretary said getting the bill through the Senate using the budget reconciliation process will take longer.
At the same time, the White House enters the home stretch on getting health care reform legislation through Congress with support from state insurance regulators–on a controversial proposal that would provide a federal backstop to state insurance regulators lacking the authority to force insurers to roll back large increases in health premium rates.
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