Baucus Doubts A Pure Public Plan Can Get 60 Votes In Senate
Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceArticle Date: 21 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Eric Pianin reports on the Senate leadership's ongoing efforts to craft a health overhaul measure that can draw 60 votes. "Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said today that the Senate is unlikely to approve major health care legislation this year that includes a pure form of the controversial government-operated insurance program, following White House signals over the weekend that President Obama did not consider the public option essential to passage of legislation this year" (10/20). See full story.
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