Dodd: Health reform bill lacks detail

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said Tuesday morning that the most contentious issues in health care reform such as a public plan and employer mandate will be left out of a bill for now, Politico reports.

"There are some gaps. But there are no gaps in our determination, my determination and that of my colleagues to have a public option, pay-or-play, or biologics,' Dodd said. 'But I left those areas open for discussion not because they are open for some sort of decision on whether or not we ought move in that direction. But I wanted my Republican colleagues on the committee to know I wanted to their ideas, I want to hear what they have to say."

Markups will begin Tuesday and the bill will be the first official reform bill released by a committee working on the proposals (Brown, 6/9).