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Senators Continue Work on Health-Care Bill, but Obstacles Remain

Source: Washington Post

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago

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Senators are proposing changes to a draft health-care bill offered this week by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), but their work has made plain that deep divisions remain among the lawmakers a week before they are due to make their bill official. Nevertheless, those involved...

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