Public Policy

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has released a health care reform bill that he called, "one of the largest pieces of social legislation in American history since the depression."  The $856 billion proposal differs from House bills by not including a government run public option.  It instead would establish consumer owned co-ops to compete with private insurance.

Baucus, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee and leader of the bi-partisan 'Gang of Six,' was unable to secure a public endorsement of this plan from any of this Republican colleagues.

Click to read coverage from the Washington Post.

Click to download text of the Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009