US Senate set for contentious health care vote
By BBC
US senators are preparing to vote on the final Senate version of a historic healthcare reform bill.
The legislation aims to cover 31 million uninsured Americans and could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades.
President Barack Obama said the process had been “difficult” but that the final bill was “greatly worthy of support”.
If approved, it would still have to be reconciled with a more expansive bill passed by the House of Representatives.
Opposition Republicans say the Senate bill is expensive, authoritarian and a threat to civil liberties.
Senators are due to vote on the bill at 0700 Washington time (1200GMT) on Thursday and correspondents say it is almost certain to be passed.
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