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The upcoming special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s seat in the Senate has Democratic leaders scrambling to reconcile the health care reform bill.  While Democratic candidate Martha Coakly is ahead in the polls, the gap has shrunken in recent weeks and if Republican Scott Brown wins in next week’s election, Democrats would lose the 60th vote they need to bypass a filibuster.

Unless Democrats in the House and the Senate can come to an agreement soon, it may mean the end to the Obama administration’s goal of sweeping health care reform.  The race in Massachusetts in ironic in a sense that it is the only state in the nation currently mandating universal health care, as well as the fact the seat that is to be filled belonged to man who for decades has championed health care reform.

However, Democrats are worried over mounting public backlash over the economy as well as doubts surrounding health care reform in general.  While the universal health care in Massachusetts has decreased the number of uninsured people in the state, costs have been much higher than expected and the state has had to seek federal aid to cover it’s shortfall.

Even if the Republicans win next week and Democrats are unable to come to a compromise in time, it would only mean that they would have to come back to the table and seek a bipartisan compromise unlike what was recently passed in the House and Senate where one lone Republican congressman voted in favor of their respective bills.

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