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===H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health care reform)===
On December 9, 2009, Senator Lincoln was one of ten Democratic Senators to reach what Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] called a “broad agreement”[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30371.html]on the [http://wwwdpc.opencongresssenate.org/senate_health_care_billgov/dpcdoc-sen_health_care_bill.cfm/ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.] The discussion focused on abandoning or greatly narrowing the public health insurance option. In exchange, people 55-64 would be able to buy in to [[Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] eligibility would be expanded to people within 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]]’s office released a statement on the compromise:
"I asked Senators Schumer and Pryor to work with some of the most moderate and most progressive members of our diverse caucus, and tonight they have come to a consensus.
