TAMPA, FL -- At Mom's Place Restaurant in Tampa, good food is on the menu. But health care is what's on most customer's minds."I just don't see how it's gonna work out," says Fred Tabick who’s worried about cuts to Medicare.
Meanwhile Don St. Amour says he's worried about cuts to the overall quality of care in the U.S. By the way, he's here from Canada.
"Here you can get in much quicker, the costs are more, but the care is much, much better," he says.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says health care reform will make it even better.
"Today we're about to deliver on the promise of making affordable quality health care available for all Americans,” Pelosi said.
On Thursday the House announced a compromise health reform bill. It includes a public option, costs $894 billion dollars, includes a mandate for universal care, and will be paid for in part by a 5.4 percent surtax on the wealthy.
Florida Senator Bill Nelson, who is working to craft a bill in the Senate, says reform is a must for America.
"We're gonna pass health care reform. We have to. We are at the point where people are losing their health insurance. Even when they get it they can't afford because the costs are going up and up and up," Nelson said.
