October 1, 2009
This week, the Senate Finance Committee continued its mark-up (considering and voting on amendments) of health care reform legislation, and two amendments were offered that would have created a government-run health insurance program that is referred to as the ”public option.” The first was offered by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, and the second by Senator Charles Schumer of New York. Both [...]
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September 29, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee is in the middle of marking up (considering and voting on amendments to) the health care reform bill authored by Senator Max Baucus. Here are two highlights:
First, the committee isn’t even marking up an actual bill. They’re marking up a “conceptual outline” of policy changes, and once they’re done marking up the [...]
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