NU Online News Service, Sept. 16, 12:07 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON–An $700 billion-plus compromise bill calling for cooperatives to provide health care instead of the controversial government "public plan" was unveiled today by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the Senate Finance Committee chairman.
The legislation, expected to provide the best opportunity to secure a health care delivery system overhaul this year, will form the basis for legislative drafting within the Senate panel that will begin Monday.
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