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As the healthcare debate drags on in the Senate, ABC and NBC both offered an update from their Congressional correspondents. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell treated Senate approval of the legislation as inevitable and so looked ahead, outlining the differences between the House and Senate versions that will have to be resolved in a conference committee. ABC's Jonathan Karl referred to Wall Street where the value of stocks in the medical industrial complex--insurers and Big Pharma--has risen. "Insurance companies have lobbied hard against this but you would not know that by watching Wall Street. The stock market seems to think that the healthcare bill is a dream come true for the health insurance industry." Karl singled out Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare as winners--before listing those regulations that will still limit their profits.
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