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Tag Archives: Baucus
Under Deadline, Baucus Plan Has New Details
UPDATE: Here is the Baucus document With roughly 36 hours until the President addresses a joint session of Congress to outline his health care proposal, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) has circulated an outline of a compromise bill … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care
Tagged Baucus, finance, Gang of Six, Health insurance, healthcare
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Breaking: House Compromises, Finance Scores
Update: After protests by some of the Energy & Commerce Committee’s liberal members forced a cancellation of Wednesday’s mark-up, chair Henry Waxman has rescheduled the mark-up for Thursday. This was after a lengthy session reviewing the proposed changes to the … Continue reading
No Public Plan or Mandate in Finance Bill
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) emerged from a bipartisan conference yesterday to confirm that the Senate Finance Committee negotiators will not include two major components of the Democratic health care plan in their bill: the creation of a government-run insurance company … Continue reading
The Health Care Debate over the Next Seven Weeks
With Senate Majority Leader Reid’s announcement that the Senate would not pass a comprehensive health care reform bill before the August recess, the end of July and August recess will no longer be a frantic time to try and pass … Continue reading
The Waiting Game on Health Care
Update – A link to the just released House bill can be found here, and a summary of the legislation here. The committee also has guidance documents for employers, on the public plan, and other aspects at the Education & … Continue reading
The Health Care Debate Over the Weekend
In Washington DC, September is the new July as a series of events over the weekend has made passage of health care reform legislation before the August recess unlikely, and even endangered the prospects of a bill’s passage this session … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery
Tagged Baucus, Blue Dogs, healthcare, Pelosi, Ways & Means
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Reid Drops the Hammer on Health Care
According to multiple sources, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) to stop trying to negotiate with committee Republicans and to begin pushing his health care bill out of committee. Reid expressed concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery
Tagged AHA, Baucus, CBO, Emanuel, employer-provided coverage, healthcare, public plan, Reid
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The Debate over Beverage Taxes
In the debate to pay for comprehensive health care legislation, one idea that would only partially pay for reform is the idea to tax beverages. Specifically, some members of Congress have proposed leveraging an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery
Tagged AARP, ABA, APHA, Baucus, beverage tax, DISCUS, Grassley, healthcare, MADD
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Finance Committee Fixes Health Care Bill Costs
Late yesterday Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had rescored his committee’s health care legislation and the new cost for the bill over ten years was a number that could be offset: … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery
Tagged Baucus, charitable deduction, climate change, economy, finance, healthcare
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HELP Committee Employer Mandate Details
The “employer mandate” issue is one of the most controversial aspects of comprehensive health care reform, and yesterday the Senate Health Education Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee released two proposals that it sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery
Tagged Baucus, CBO, Commerce Committee, employer mandate, healthcare, HELP, service
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