Health On The Hill - September 15, 2009

Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation; Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin, Kaiser Health News; Julie Rovner, NPR News

As Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus prepares to unveil his health reform package, the Montana Democrat is continuing his discussions with Republicans on the panel in hopes of winning their support. Meanwhile, Congress and the public continue to debate the impact of President Obama’s health care address on what is likely to be a lengthy debate this fall on health care reform.

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<h1>Health On The Hill – September 15, 2009</h1>
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			September 15, 2009		</time>
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 Jackie Judd, <a href="http://www.kff.org/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a>; Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin, Kaiser Health News; Julie Rovner, <a href="http://www.npr.org/">NPR News</a>As Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus prepares to unveil his health reform package, the Montana Democrat is continuing his discussions with Republicans on the panel in hopes of winning their support. Meanwhile, Congress and the public continue to debate the impact of <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/D557502B-2F39-46F0-BC86-E400E3140164">President Obama’s health care address</a> on what is likely to be a lengthy debate this fall on health care reform.  <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/09/091509_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">Podcast</a> (mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/September/15/HOTHtranscript.aspx">Read Transcript</a><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%20-%20September%2015%2C%202009&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F091509hoth%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/091509hoth/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9873&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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