Make no mistake - the Senate bill is a government takeover of health care brokered in backrooms and bursting with higher taxes, bigger bureaucracy, deeper Medicare cuts, and loose language that could allow taxpayer funding for abortions.  The Senate bill raises taxes by $518 billion in nearly every corner of the health care system from individuals and employers to health care plans and medical devices.

In an effort to meet an artificial deadline this bill has come to look like a Christmas tree with goodies for Democrat holdouts.  These include federal funding for Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, Vermont, and Louisiana and a way for Florida residents to be grandfathered out of the Medicare Advantage cuts.  
Why doesn't Minnesota get treated the same way??  It was also just revealed that Chris Dodd's state will benefit from a cryptically awarded $100 million for a "Health Care Facility" at a public research university that contains the state's sole public academic medical and dental school.

Assuming the Senate passes the bill, there are three different scenarios that could happen before it gets to the President.

*Ping-pong:  The House may choose to take up the Senate bill and make    changes to garner support and send it back to the Senate where it once again must achieve a 60 vote threshold.  This is unlikely.
*Conference Report: A robust conference committee is less likely at this point, but should that occur, final passage in the Senate will still require 60 votes for passage.
*The House simply accepts the Senate bill through an up-or-down vote: Although Speaker Pelosi has said she doesn't want to simply accept the Senate bill, it remains to be seen if they will simply get this bad legislation to the President in the quickest way possible.

It's very important that you continue to encourage your friends and family members to weigh in with their representatives and senators on this legislation - the fight is not over and there's still time to have your voice heard!