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Posted: Friday, 06 November 2009 5:03PM

Health Care Reform Vote Put on Hold



Democrats don't have enough votes to conduct a Saturday session so a major vote on health care reform has been delayed in Washington.

Local republican Congressman Phil Roe says he won't support the bill.  He says the proposed reform will create a new bureaucracy that would get directly between patients and their doctors.

On the democratic side, Congressman Rick Boucher has said that he favors the creation of a health care cooperative which would be owned and operated by its members and would compete with private insurers.

A vote could happen Sunday if democrats are able to gain enough support.

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