Senate panel OKs health plan with one GOP backer

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The health care reform debate reached a new milestone Tuesday as a key congressional committee passed an $829 billion plan projected to extend coverage to an additional 29 million Americans. [cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/10/13/senate.health.care/art.obama.cnn.jpg caption=""Now's not the time to pat ourselves on the back," President Obama says at the White House on Tuesday."] … Continue reading Senate panel OKs health plan with one GOP backer