The long awaited health reform proposal from the Senate Finance Committee was introduced today by Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.). The bill would require most invididuals to have health insurance and would require insurance companies to cover any individual, regardless of a pre-exisiting condition. The proposal does not have a public option plan, but instead creates health insurance “exchanges” where individuals may buy insurance. The proposal also creates a system of health “co-ops.”

You can access the 220 page document by clicking HERE.

I will be digesting this document along with the H. 3200 (House health reform proposal) and how these will impact rural healthcare in the upcoming days. Keep checking back here for updates.

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