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Article: BestWeek: Baucus' Health Bill Rejects Public Option, Tries to Round Up Republicans.
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- Politics & Government Week
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- October 8, 2009
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The Senate's bipartisan health-reform effort is noticeably short of bipartisan support. As Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, unveiled his proposal for reworking the U.S. health care system last week, he predicted some Republicans would decide to support it. But he didn't have any to immediately name, according to a story in BestWeek U.S./Canada.
In his committee, Baucus had led the "Gang of Six" - three Democrats and three Republicans - through months of negotiation over the details of the health plan. When it came time to announce the final bill the committee would start working on this week, it included a number of compromises ...