It looks like Max Baucus may finally unveil the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the health care bill tomorrow. It has a mandate and it has co-ops, but it doesn’t have a public option. It would be a tremendously bad and obnoxious bill. But it doesn’t really matter what is in the bill. If it even passes through the committee it will still have to be merged with the Senate HELP Committee’s bill. And if that combined bill actually passes through the Senate, it will have to be merged with whatever passes through the House. It’s actually more likely that the Senate will filibuster the bill and force the Democrats to resort to the budget reconciliation process. But, we’ll see what happens. I’m just glad that Baucus is finally going to present something.
Baucus is Ready to Move
