Senate Dems Likely to Drop Medicare Buy-In From Health Bill
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is smiling: Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that they were prepared to drop a proposed expansion of Medicare and make other
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“„Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that they were prepared to drop a proposed expansion of Medicareand make other changes in sweeping health legislation as they tried to rally their caucus in hopes of passing the bill before Christmas.
“„After a tense 90-minute meeting on Monday evening, Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana and chairman of the Finance Committee, was asked if Democrats were likely to jettison the Medicare proposal.
“„“It’s looking like that’s the case,” Mr. Baucus said, indicating that the provision might be scrapped as a way of “getting support from 60 senators.”
“„Under the proposal, uninsured people ages 55 to 64 could purchase Medicare coverage. The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reidof Nevada, floated the idea about 10 days ago as a way to break an intraparty impasse over his earlier proposal to create a government-run health insuranceplan.
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