The Senate Finance Committee has released its much-anticipated version of the health insurance reform bill. Committee Chair Max Baucus created a bi-partisan "gang of six" to try to create a bill that would gain Republican support--by, for instance, taking away the public option that would give private insurers some competition. Baucus has received widespread criticism for being the darling of the insurance companies--but he wasn't able to get any Republicans to support his bill.
Here's a link to download Baucus's Americas_Healthy_Future_Act.
Meanwhile, Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein has an interesting analysis of the Baucus bill.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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