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The Health Insurance Industry Thanks Max Baucus
headzup.tv The health insurance industry thanks Blue Dog Montana Senator Max Baucus after he gets the public option and employer mandate stripped in the Senate Finance Committee. Read more about it here– http Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at www.headzup.tv
The Baucus Bill’s Inevitable Consequences
“The Finance Committee chairman’s bill is a tangled web of federally-dictated insurance regulations, which would control every aspect of health insurance from covered benefits to permissible premiums. The bill would centralize the power of medical decisions with politicians and bureaucrats, not patients and doctors. And it would result in higher health insurance premiums, less consumer choice, and, ultimately, the rationing of health care.” — US Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl speaking on …
Responses to Finance Committee 14-10 Vote
As the last of five congressional committees completed work Tuesday on a health-care reform package, lawmakers braced for a debate before the full House and Senate about whether Americans are ready to embrace the far-reaching changes necessary to extend coverage to millions of Americans. With the backing of a lone Republican, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 9 to approve legislation that would, for the first time, require every American to have health insurance. The package would …
Obama: “momentum” for health care reform
The historic movement to bring real, meaningful health insurance reform to the American people gathered momentum this week as we approach the final days of this debate. Having worked on this issue for the better part of a year, the Senate Finance Committee is finishing deliberations on their version of a health insurance reform bill that will soon be merged with other reform bills produced by other Congressional committees. After evaluating the Finance Committees bill, the Congressional …
Reid, Baucus, Dodd Discuss the Urgency for Health Insurance Reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus and Senator Chris Dodd of the Senate HELP Committee gave an update on their discussions underway regarding a merged health insurance reform proposal.
