Obamacare: Day One Finance Committee Amendments

Robert Moffit / September 24, 2009

On September 23, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee continued its markup of the Baucus health bill,  the “Chairman’s Mark” , of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009.

While fewer than ten amendments were voted on at the September 23rd mark up of the bill, there are still more than 500 filed. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says he wants to complete the mark-up of the conceptual language (not the actual bill language) by the close of business on September 25th.

Senators made a number of key decisions concerning the deliberations on the bill itself and policy issues that would affect millions of Americans. Of note are six major Senate decisions: (more…)