WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) speaks at the weekly policy committee luncheon December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Key members for the Senate version of the Health Care Reform Bill are still going through a back-and-forth negotiation on how the bill will take shape. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) speaks at the weekly policy committee luncheon December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Key members for the Senate version of the Health Care Reform Bill are still going through a back-and-forth negotiation on how the bill will take shape.

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