Panel unanimously OKs bill easing employee health care count

AZ Central: WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare show of bipartisanship over President Barack Obama's health care law, a Senate committee voted unanimously Wednesday to exclude veterans from the 50-worker threshold that triggers required coverage for employees under that statute.

The Senate Finance Committee vote was 26-0, a departure from the usual party-line fights over Obama's showcase 2010 law.

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