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An Open Letter to Senator Max Baucus : Save Your Health Care Bill With Simple Reform

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Bill, Public Health Insurance Plan, Senator Max Baucus, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc Medical School, Senate Finance Committee, Gang of Six, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Insurance Industry, Medical Schools, Keck School of Medicine, Health Care Reform, Los Angeles Times, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Reform, America's Health Choices Act, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote.

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Nate Silver: Health Care Is Hazardous To Poll Numbers For Grassley, Other Senators

fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Congress, Health Care Debate, 2010 Elections, Gang of Six, Health Care Negotiations, Health Care Polls, Elections, Nate Silver, Olympia Snow, fivethirtyeight.com, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

One of the things about the so-called Gang of Six -- the group of Senators to which Max Baucus issued an exclusive invitation to participate in health...

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Rockefeller Rips 'Gang Of Six' Senators -- "I Just Don't Think You Do Legislation That Way" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Jay Rockefeller, Charlie Rose, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Baucus Health Care Bill, Gang of Six, Health Care, Politics News

Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has not been shy about voicing his criticisms of the Baucus health plan, and on Thursday night he continued his cri...

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The Gang of Six: An Epic of Futility

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Ron Wyden, Jay Rockefeller, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, Olympia Snowe, Congress, Mike Enzi, Barack Obama, Obama and Health Care, Max Baucus and Health Care, Congress and Health Care, Max Baucus, Chuck Grassley, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Senate, Gang of Six, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The Baucus Caucus came to town one morning in the early spring, / They said, "You want a health-care bill? Don't sweat -- we'll handle ev'rything!"

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Mad Max Baucus (D-BC/BS) and his Gang of Styx

Don Parker | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Styx River, Jeff Bingaman, Charles Grassley, Fargo North Dakota, Olympia Snowe, Albuquerque New Mexico, Billings Montana, Mike Enzi, Mad Max, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Gang of Styx, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Gang of Six, Politics News
Don Parker

The Gang of Styx represent 8.4 million Americans, but they have been given more dollars from the health care industry than they have constituents.

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Baucus' Bill Not Bipartisan, But Panmedia

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Panmedia, Mao, Chairman Mao, Bipartisanshipiness, Kennedy, Filibuster, Democratic, Reform, Media, Rewrite, China, Republican, Baucus, Bipartisanshippy, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reid, Reconciliation, Gang of Six, Committee, Conference Committee, Edit, Democrat, Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Bipartisan, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Truthiness, Chris Weigant, Health, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Senator Baucus, Republicans, Bipartisanship, Gang of Four, Healthcare, Senate, Bill, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.

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Daily Pulse: Has Baucus Pulled Snowe's Trigger?

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Public Option Trigger, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Health Insurers, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Private Insurers, Health Care, Politics News
Lindsay Beyerstein

To progressives, adopting the "wait and see" approach is like giving Bernie Madoff another five years to run his Ponzi scheme, just to make absolutely sure he's a crook.

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Dems May Be Walking Into Republican Health Care "Trap"

Politics Daily | David Corn | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Chuck Grassley, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Democrats, Politics News

Are the Democrats about to walk into a Republican trap on health care? As I monitor the latest back and forth, I feel as if I'm watching a cheesy horr...

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Sen. Rockefeller Won't Vote For Baucus Health Bill

Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Rockefeller, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Kent Conrad, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Bipartisanship, Health Care, Politics News

Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller slammed Senator Max Baucus' health care bill, saying his vote would not be forthco...

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Ryan Grim

'Gang Of Six' Moving Goal Posts On Health Care Costs

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cbo, CBO Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Kent Conrad, Gang of Six, Politics News

President Obama promised last week, in his address to Congress, that he wouldn't sign any health care reform bill that added "one dime to the deficit,...

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Sahil Kapur

Mike Enzi: GOP Gang Of Six Senator's Ties To Insurance Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Max Baucus isn't the only senator who may be taking his health care cues from insurance companies. WellPoint Inc., recently revealed to have influence...

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Gang Of Six: Who Votes With Whom?

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Jeff Bingaman, Chuck Grassley, Olympia Snowe, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Home News

Since the end of July the Senate Finance Committee has been the focus of health care reform discussions. More specifically, the bipartisan “Gang...

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Health Care Reform: Still An Original And Simple Proposal

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: University of Chicago Medical Center, Senator Max Baucus, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Gang of Six, Health Insurance, Senate Finance Commitee, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Geico, Warren Buffett, Los Angeles Times, Health Care Reform, University of Chicago, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

Whose plan gets my nod, for bipartisan reality and feasibility, to save and improve our unique, innovative American health care system and not saddle our country with unsustainable debt? I vote for Senator Max Baucus.

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Ryan Grim

Baucus Cuts Bait: Moving Forward With Or Without GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Proposal, Baucus Health Care Reform, Baucus, Baucus Health Care Proposal, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Politics News

Max Baucus is getting serious. Just a few hours before President Obama is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress, the Finance Committee chai...

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Jason Linkins

What's In Max Baucus' Boxes?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gang of 6, U.S. Senate, Health Care Reform, Gang of Six, Max Baucus, Politics News

Max Baucus is in the news today because he has "circulated the framework" of a health care reform bill of his own which Ezra Klein calls "not-that-bad...

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Ryan Grim

Baucus Gives Deadline: Fish Or Cut Bait By 10 A.M Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) emerged from discussions with his Finance Committee Gang of Six Tuesday evening and declared that it was time to fish or cut...

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Reid Takes Swipe At "Gang Of Six," Suggests GOP Not Acting "In Good Faith"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Harry Reid, Major Healthcare Legislation, Gang of Six, Mitch McConnell, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

In his floor speech this afternoon, Harry Reid clearly took a swipe at the bipartisan "Gang of Six" and went further than ever before in hitting Repub...

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Ryan Grim

Snowe: Obama Speech Not A Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Olympia Snowe Obama, Health Care, Gang of Six, Olympia Snowe Gang of Six, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

The Senate Finance Committee shouldn't feel any pressure to come to an agreement on a bipartisan health-care reform bill before President Obama's Wedn...

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The Daily Pulse: Deep Six the Gang of Six

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Lindsay Beyerstein, The Nation, Public Option, Lobbyists, Washington Monthly, Filibuster, Gang of Six, Salon, Mohter Jones, Insurance, The Media Consortium, Health, Daily Pulse, Talking Points Memo, Tmc, Healthcare, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Lindsay Beyerstein

The White House has given up on Republican gangster Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY). They finally got the hint when Enzi told a radio listeners that Democrats wanted to kill the elderly.

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Enzi On Health Reform: "I'm Pretty Sure It's Going To Fail"

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Gang of Six, Bipartisanship, Healthcare Reform, Mike Enzi, Flip-Flop, Politics News

Despite continuing to claim he's working on bipartisan health care reform, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) has been quoted, yet again, condemning the effort. T...

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Labor Gets Tough and Threatens to Cut Off Cowardly Democrats

Mike Elk | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Gang of Six, Obama AFL-CIO, Solidarity, AFL-CIO Obama, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Mike Elk

The labor movement under the leadership of Richard Trumka intends to be much more aggressive in forcing Democrats to stand by their campaign promises to working people.

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Is It Time for the President to Reject Health Care Reform?

Carl Jeffers | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Gang of Six, Public Option, Obama Public Option, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Carl Jeffers

A good president will compromise on government options in health care reform. But if you are or want to be a great president, President Obama, you will look at the bastardized bill that will pass and say, "No."

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White House: Obama May Detail Health Care Goals In Speech, Shift Strategy

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Congress, Axelrod, Health Care Reform, Gang of Six, Obama, Health Care, Grassley, Enzi, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, faced with falling approval ratings and increasingly impatient with Senate negotiations over health care, i...

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Stone Age Politics in the Health Care Reform Debate

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Carere Reform Debate, Gang of Six, Stone Age, Town Hall Meetings, Decision Table, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The health care debate is about name-calling, it is about "death panels," and it is about socialism. Decision tables are nowhere to be seen.

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The Gang Of Six: Dickipedia

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Collins, Ben Nelson, Ron Wyden, Gang of Six, Mary Landrieu, Joseph Lieberman, Dickipedia, Olympia Snowe, Comedy News

The Gang of Six (born July 17, 2009) is a bipartisan group of centrist and conservative Senators urging delay in consideration of health care reform, ...

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