A comparison of House, Senate health care bills  CHANGES TO
MEDICAID: Income eligibility levels likely to be standardized to
133 percent of poverty - $29,327 a year for a family of four -
for parents, children and pregnant women. Federal government
would pick up the full cost of the expansion during the first
three years. States could negotiate with insurers to arrange
coverage for people with incomes slightly higher than the cutoff
for Medicaid.  LONG-TERM CARE: New voluntary long-term care
insurance program would provide a basic benefit designed to help
seniors and disabled people avoid going into nursing homes.
ANTITRUST: Maintains the health insurance industry's decades-old
antitrust exemption.  ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: Would be barred from
receiving government subsidies or using their own money to buy
coverage offered by private companies in the exchanges.
ABORTION: The bill tries to maintain a strict separation between
taxpayer funds and private premiums that would pay for abortion
coverage. No health plan