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What’s up next for national health care now that the Senate has finally passed a health care bill?

The following update from Kaiser Health News may give you some insights as to what may yet lie ahead on this bumpy road to health care reform.

“Now that the Senate has passed a hotly debated health care bill, Congress is headed to the next step: House-Senate negotiations in January to hammer out a final version. Given the Senate’s difficulty in passing a bill, the final legislation is likely to tilt strongly toward that chamber. Here’s where things stand and how you might be affected.

What are the biggest disputes?

There are scores of disagreements, but the biggest battles will come over how the legislation would be paid for, whether to include a government-run insurance plan and how much to spend on subsidies to help lower- and middle-income Americans afford insurance. “

You can read the rest at Kaiser Health News.