The Nuclear Option for Healthcare Reform

It seems as if the healthcare legislation is turning into a game of Cheat. The Ways and Means Committe, a key committee of the House, recently changed its legislation for healthcare to a new option, nicknamed the "nuclear option". This plan could potentially allow the Senate to bypass any opposition to this legislation, as it works rather simply: Also known as reconciliation, under which the normal filibusters that senators can often use would not be permitted, the normal vote of 60 that is usually required to pass any reform would be replaced with a simple majority vote.
The Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangal, D-N.Y., stated that

the action was necessary because there is a possibility that a handful of
Senate Republicans could choose to engage in partisan tactics to stall this important health reform bill.

He also noted

Why create the option if you don't intend to use it...And the fact that you created it enhances the chances that you will use it.

Whether this option will be enough to bump the reform through to the President's desk, however, is yet to be determined.