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READY OR NOT, HERE HEALTH CARE COMES
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Senators Max Baucus and Ted Kennedy sent the White House a letter today, explaining that they've been working on a health care reform bill, and they plan to have a package ready by early June.
Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
BAUCUS AND KENNEDY SET THE PACE
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In a letter to Obama today, Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ted Kennedy, chair of the health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, not only outlined a timeframe for health... More
Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
MAX BAUCUS: DEFICIT MAKES HEALTH REFORM MORE, NOT LESS, IMPORTANT.
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Max Baucus took some time to speechify to the good people of CAP on health reform today. He didn't say much that readers of this blog haven't heard, but this was important, coming on the heels of the... More
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HOW DOES MAX BAUCUS PROPOSE TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE? (WONKY.)
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This Montana Standard article reporting that Max Baucus "says he'd prefer funding health care reform by taxing people's health benefits rather than phasing out tax deductions on the richest Americans"... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
WHAT DID MAX BAUCUS SAY?
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Yesterday morning, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a newsmaker breakfast with Senate Max Baucus, and, well, he made some news. Here's the official transcript.
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
WHEN CONGRESS BEGS.
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Jon Cohn had a nice scoop yesterday, receiving assurances from a "senior administration official" that “health care reform will be included--and indeed a central focus--of the budget." The budget in... More
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HEALTH REFORM "THIS SESSION, THIS CONGRESS," SAYS MAX BAUCUS.
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Today is going to be heavy on health wonkery, as I'm at the AcademyHealth National Policy Conference. The first plenary came from Finance Chairman Max Baucus, who will oversee health reform in the... More
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MAX BAUCUS ON SINGLE PAYER.
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Baucus's first questioner asked why he had begun his health reform process by removing single payer from consideration. Why, he asked, was Baucus protecting private insurers? Why was he advocating an... More
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Crisis, Opportunity
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The New York Times codifies the emergent consensus that the Obama team is beginning to integrate health care into their economic efforts. Putting it into the stimulus package would probably prove a... More
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THE BAUCUS WHITE PAPER: THE PLAN.
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I'm going to split my commentary on Max Baucus's policy paper (pdf) into two posts: The plan and the politics. First, the plan: Do not think of this as Max Baucus's health care plan. It isn't. Not... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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