youtube.com - 6/19/2009
—
This is Max Baucus, the head of the Senate Finance Committee...he's gotten more money from the health and insurance industry than any other member of Congre...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 6/24/2009
—
yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Regrets? He's got a few. I think you
rarely see a sitting Senator be as reflective about...
the legislative process as Max Baucus is here when he says he regrets that the idea of a single-payer health care system was left out of the mix: He ...
(more)
Baucus Regrets Not Including Single-Payer in the Health ...
blog.sunlightfoundation.com - 6/23/2009
—
blog.sunlightfoundation.com —
Mapping Max Baucus’ Health Care Lobbyist Complex. Click
image for full visualization. As the chair of the...
Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus is at the center of the congressional effort to craft health care reform legislation, a top priority ...
(more)
The Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex — ...
democracynow.org - 6/19/2009
—
democracynow.org —
Montana Senator Max Baucus, the chair of the
Senate Finance Committee, is the Senate's point man on...
healthcare reform. A new article in the Montana Standard finds that Senator Baucus has received more campaign money from health and insurance industry ...
(more)
Report: Senator Max Baucus Received More Campaign Money ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Lee Stranahan: WATCH: Senator Baucus's Health Care Bait And Switch
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The newest video in my battle against the health insurance lobby. Here's the script.
This is Max Baucus, the head of the Senate Finance Committee...he's gotten more money from the health and insurance industry than any other member of Congress. So what's the healthcare lobby getting for all that cash? Well, you know that affordable public option you've heard about? He'd replace that with what he calls 'Co-Ops' that could be controlled by the insurance companies. And right now - he's trying to create a law that will actually force most Americans to buy health insurance. The healthcare lobby pays Max Baucus - so he forces you to buy their product? Call Senator ...
VIDEO: Sen. Baucus's Health Care Bait and Switch
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff Via Lee Stranahan: After seeing my post on health care co-ops over at Mother Jones this morning–along with information on the reams of cash Senator Max Baucus is receiving from health care companies–video blogger Lee Stranahan was inspired to produce a video on the subject. ...
Related Content
A Health Care Reform Day
blogs.abcnews.com 6/23/2009 — Over the weekend, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chair of the Senate Finance Committee, announced that pharmaceutical companies had agreed to a deal as part of an overall health care reform package, where the companies will provide, as Baucus put it,...
Baucus Battered By Voters For Health Care Stand
huffingtonpost.com 6/1/2009 — Sen. Max Baucus got some not-so friendly advice from his Montana constituents last week as he works to reform the health care system: You're doing it all wrong. Baucus, the chair of the Finance Committee and the leader of reform efforts in the Senate, ...
Dems ready to amend Baucus's health bill
thehill.com 9/15/2009 — Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are poised to demand changes to the healthcare legislation being drafted by their chairman. Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) plans to introduce his proposal for healthcare reform on Wednesday ...
Baucus Optimistic Over Bipartisan Health Care Progress
rollcall.com 7/10/2009 — Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) emerged Thursday afternoon from a private meeting of key Finance panel negotiators on health care reform and expressed optimism that discussions toward a bipartisan bill remained on track.
Do Baucus' Ties To Health Care Industry Compromise His Reform Efforts?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/7/2009 — If you're a long-time politico, you may have seen it coming: Standing between progressives and fundamental health care reform is a 30-year Senate veteran with a reputation cemented long ago as a deal-maker -- or less charitably, as a sellout. ...
Baucus Presses for Health Deal
rollcall.com 7/9/2009 — Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) continued working with Republicans on a bipartisan health care bill Wednesday, despite an urgent warning from Senate Democratic leaders that the potential cost of wooing GOP votes could have a devastating ...
Baucus's Bad News Week
dailykos.com 7/27/2009 — You don't generally think of Max Baucus as a headline-seeking kind of legislator. He's not the guy showing up every Sunday on the talk shows, or getting into every Washington Post story to weigh in on the issue of the day. So you don't see a lot of ...
Baucus Takes Lead on Health Care
nytimes.com 6/25/2009 — Senator Max Baucus, in his office with staff members, has spent more than a year preparing for action on health care legislation.
Health-care price tags slow bills —
First Read 6/17/2009
From NBC’s Ken Strickland After bipartisan bouts of sticker shock on preliminary cost estimates of health-care reform, the Senate Finance Committee will very likely delay the introduction of its bill. Instead, the panel will focus on efforts to ...
Congress: Cutting $600 billion —
First Read 6/18/2009
"The first crack in President Barack Obama’s ambitious schedule for health care reform emerged Wednesday as Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) postponed the markup of his panel’s legislation because he needs more time to develop a ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
