Senate Finance Committee Chairman and Montana's Democratic senator Max Baucus will introduce a sweeping healthcare measure today intended to ensure healthcare coverage for all Americans.
The move is short on financial specifics. But its introduction will immediately move healthcare into the spotlight, putting pressure on President-Elect Barack Obama to bump medical coverage to the top of his priority list. Asked in an interview four days before the election what would be the priorities of his incoming Administration, Obama has named healthcare third after the economic crisis and energy independence.
Baucus' healthcare proposal differs from Obama's in one key respect: he would mandate all Americans to have health insurance. In that respect it is more like Sen. Hillary Clinton's primary proposals.
Baucus' plan would also expand coverage in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and allow people from 55 to 64 to "buy in" to Medicare by paying the premium cost. It would also loosen eligibility requirements for some federal assistance programs.
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I'm ready for it now. I know the GOP wont pass it but at lease it will be something that President Obama can pass when he takes office. For those who didn't know the money will come from cutting that rebate to the rich. I remember Bill Clinton sent his back to the IRS asking to give it back to the people and the IRS told him he had to keep the money.
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