On Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has unveiled an $849 billion healthcare reform bill. The measure is similar to the House version in imposing mandates on Americans to obtain insurance and establishing so-called “exchanges” where insurance is sold. The bill would be partly funded by an increase in payroll taxes for high-income Americans and cuts to Medicaid. Reid says the measure would expand health coverage to 31 million people. On abortion, Reid excluded a House-backed amendment that would bar federal subsidies to women who enroll in an insurance plan that covers abortion and also rule out abortion coverage under the proposed government-run insurance plan. But his measure would preserve a law that bars federal funding for abortion coverage.