Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) Tuesday released his version of health care reform, the Affordable Health Choices Act. Notably absent from the bill, however, are the two main hot buttons of the reform debate an employer mandate and a public plan. Coincidence? I think not.
However, what is in the bill is an individual mandate to buy health coverage thats on par with the benefits offered to government employees, and subsidies for small employers as an incentive to provide workers with health benefits. Employees and businesses would have the option to buy coverage from a national health care exchange.
