The Senate Finance Committee will perpetrate a huge fraud on the US public today. Chairman Max Baucus promises to hold a final vote on his health-care overhaul -- most of whose costs he has hidden with budgetary gimmicks. The widely reported numb... read the full story
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Important Senate health care vote today
WASHINGTON -- An important health care vote is on tap today in the Senate Finance Committee which is expected to approve the $829 billion package. Democrats hold a 13-to 10 advantage and Chairman Max Baucus is confident, even though two Democrats on... read the full story
Health vote set; splits persist
WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care legislation today that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened during five months of debate. read the full story
Health vote set; splits persist
WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care legislation today that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened during five months of debate. read the full story
Dr. Paul Toffel: An Open Letter to Senator Max Baucus : Save Your Health Ca
I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote. read the full story
Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley plans to oppose health care legislation in the Senate Finance Committee today, arguing that the bill hits consumers and small businesses too hard while not guarding against politically sensitive side effects. read the full story
Senate Finance Committee to vote on health care reform bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health care reform legislation today that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened over five months of debate. read the full story
A prognosis compromised by optimism
Most of the news stories on the preliminary assessment by the Congressional Budget Office of the preliminary version of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care legislation (the Baucus bill) verged on the ecstatic. It meets President Barack... read the full story
Health Reform Expected to Clear Hurdle
The Senate Finance Committee is likely to send a sweeping bill to overhaul the health system to the whole Senate. read the full story
Senator Gillibrand Among 30 Democratic Senators Who Sign Letter Calling For
We all know that a strong robust public option is necessary. It is needed because there are those without insurance who need help. While it is nice to talk about lowering costs, eliminating the ability of insurance companies to use preexisting conditions against you... read the full story
A Montanan at the Gates of Reform - Again
Max Baucus, the current chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is on the verge of making history by writing (and perhaps passing) a sweeping reform of the nation's health care system. The Montana Senator - he was elected to the Senate in 1978 - is walking... read the full story
Plan modeled on state health package voted into bill
WASHINGTON – By the narrowest of margins, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved an amendment by Sen. Maria Cantwell that would allow other states to establish basic health care plans for low-income residents similar to the one in Washington, but... read the full story
Cantwell health proposal advances - Fri, 02 Oct 2009 PST
WASHINGTON – Fearing a backlash, Democrats smoothed the impact of sweeping health care legislation on working-class families Thursday and steered President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority toward a crucial Senate advance. The most far-reaching overhaul in... read the full story
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