Key details of Democrats' health overhaul bill

—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.

(This version CORRECTS Corrects to trillion sted billion)

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Nov 7, 2009 - 12:56 p.m. EDT

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