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Senator Ron Wyden has been promoting a universal health care plan for almost two years. And in the last few months, as it's become apparent that his plan wouldn't be the basis for final legislation, he's narrowed his cause to promoting one of its chief elements: "choice."
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tnr.com - 10/29/2009
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Officially, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not unveil
the leadership's final health care bill--the one that goes...
to the floor for debate--until 10:30 a.m. Unofficially, her allies have been leaking details for the last few days and, in particular, ...
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Early Word on the House Bill: They Done Good.
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Scoring Wyden's modified 'Free Choice' amendments
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Jon Cohn reports that Ron Wyden has gotten a CBO score (pdf) for a heavily modified -- and compromised -- version of his Free Choice Act. The amendment would no longer open the exchanges to everyone. Now, it would simply open them to people whose employer-based coverage would cost 8 to 10 percent of their income. These folks would get a voucher for part of the cost of coverage from their employer, and they'd also be eligible for the exchange's subsidies if they qualified.
According to the CBO, the new amendment would help one million people and cost about $5 ...
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