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Baucus Plan Appears To Make No One Happy
Democrats unhappy with effort to make coverage affordable. W. Post: "Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) declared himself dissatisfied with the chairman's plan, which, like other congressional reform proposals, would require every American to buy health insurance by 2013. 'Additional steps are going to have to be taken to make coverage more affordable,' Wyden said, 'and my sense is that will be a concern to members on both sides of the aisle.' ... A plan drafted by House Democratic leaders would offer more generous tax credits, but it would cost more than $1 trillion over the next decade ... by squeezing the size and scope of the subsidies, [Baucus Caucus] negotiators have lowered the cost to a more politically palatable $880 billion..."
