WASHINGTON--A key congressman in the debate on health care reform embraced President-elect Barack Obama's call today for guaranteed insurance coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions.
Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in a white paper also proposed setting up an insurance exchange, which he described in the white paper as a "sort of government-administered shopping center where people could go to buy coverage."
And, he went beyond President-elect Obama's proposal by saying his plan would require everyone to purchase health insurance once affordable options are available.
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