Well, it appears that the Senate will be voting on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before Christmas. As of right now, the Senate is expected to vote at 8am on Christmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a Manager’s Amendment that is 383 pages long and adds some important rural provisions to the bill. As soon as details come forth of what is included in the Manager’s Amendment, I will be sure to post that information here.

Once the Senate passes their bill, a conference committee will occur between select House and Senate members to reconcile differences between the two healthcare reform bills coming from each respective chamber. It is believed a final healthcare reform bill will resemble the Senate’s version since once a final bill is produced from the conference committee, the Senate will need 60 votes to ensure the bills passage before it can be sent to President Obama to sign.

The fun continues……..stay tuned…….