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Finance Committee Releases Legislative Language
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday released the legislative language for its health care reform proposal. The massive 1,502 page bill contains few surprises, reflecting the Finance Committee mark-up earlier this month and technical corrections made to the language. Of note … Continue reading
Finance to Vote on Health Care Today
Today, beginning at 10 AM, the Senate Finance Committee will vote to pass its version of health care reform. If the bill passes committee (as it is expected to do) it will be merged by the Senate Majority Leader with … Continue reading
CBO Deems Finance Bill a Cost Saver
The big health care news this morning is the preliminary financial analysis the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Taxation Committee (JTC) shared with the Senate Finance Committee. In a letter to Chairman Baucus (D-MT), CBO Director Doug Elmendorf gave … Continue reading
Associations Debate Wellness Discount
The inclusion of a bipartisan wellness amendment in the Senate Finance health care bill last week has sparked the formation of a coalition of associations and other groups claiming it undermines health care reform. The Carper/Ensign amendment, adopted by an … Continue reading
Most Major Issues Ducked by Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday continued to debate the list of amendments to its comprehensive health care reform legislation, but conspicuously absent from the discussion were any amendments tied to the major issues being discussed by members of Congress and … Continue reading
Public Option Voted Down in Finance Committee
In a move the national media is decrying as the death of the public option, the Senate Finance Committee voted down two amendments yesterday that would have inserted language into the Chairman’s Mark creating and funding a public insurance plan … Continue reading
What Will Finance Do on Health Care?
Members of Congress and staffers have the day off in recognition of Yom Kippur, but even with the break they are preparing for a contentious week of health care debating. Most of the attention this week will be on the … Continue reading
ASAE Opposes Health Care Amendments Impacting Nonprofits
As the Senate Finance Committee today continues to wade through hundreds of amendments to the health care reform bill drafted by committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), ASAE has taken issue with two specific proposals that have generated concern in the … Continue reading
Small Nonprofits Denied Health Care Subsidy
The New York Times brought attention nationally to an issue that has been debated in the nonprofit community for weeks: the idea that the comprehensive health care bill passed would provide financial support for small businesses that provide health insurance … Continue reading
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
