To compensate for stalled negotiations on both health care legislation and a bill that would overhaul the country’s student loan program and improve college students’ access to federal aid, Democratic leaders proposed a solution yesterday that would move both of those hot-button issues forward—combine them, and pass them as one. Both the comprehensive health care bill, which would guarantee health insurance to 30 million uninsured Americans, and the student loan bill , which would replace private lending with direct lending through the government and increase Pell Grant maximums, have faced opposition as Democrats work to pass both through Congress before the November mid-term elections

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