The House health care bill passed Saturday would:
-Require most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine.
-Expand health care coverage to 36 million more people over the next decade.
-Require employers with payrolls above $500,000 to provide insurance to their employees or pay a fine.
-Prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions.
-End premium disparities between men and women.
-Impose a 5.4 percent income tax surcharge on income above $500,000 annually for individuals and above $1 million annually for households.
-Establish a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers beginning in 2013.
-Cost $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
-Cut Medicare spending by more than $400 billion over 10 years.
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