A bipartisan plan for universal health care coverage would pay for itself and eventually could create modest budget surpluses, according to a congressional report released Thursday.

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Shares of health care providers and service companies were mixed in Thursday morning trading, reflecting a wavering broader market, but health insurers skidded after Coventry Health Care Inc. cut its forecasts.

Texans with mental health conditions will get insurance coverage in parity with people with other health conditions, thanks to a provision in the $700 billion financial bailout legislation passed and signed into law on Friday.