Lines drawn as Senate panel begins debating health bill
Washington Post, September 23, 2009
Democrats and Republicans formed battle lines as the Senate Finance Committee opened the debate on healthcare legislation proposed by the panel's chairman. Both sides found plenty to criticize in Sen. Max Baucus's bill, particularly its requirement that all U.S. citizens must buy health insurance at potentially high costs, according to the Washington Post.
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