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Posts Tagged public health plan

And the Alienation Begins

By | 06.05.09 | 6:37 pm

Just two days after receiving a letter from the White House urging that a public plan be part of the Democrats’ health reform strategy, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) indicated that the bill he’s working on will likely include such an option, Roll Call (subscription) reported last More…

Grassley, Public Health Plans and the Slippery Slope to a Single-Payer System

By | 05.14.09 | 2:55 pm

Yesterday we mentioned that Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Finance Committee and a fierce opponent of public health plans, had left the door open to including a public option in the sweeping health care reforms he’s currently drafting with panel Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.). More…