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Most Democrats supporting Grassley-Baucus would not support the direct competition between FFS Medicare and private plans envisioned in the House approach. Therefore, whether a Medicare bill is finally enacted is likely to depend on whether the White House will lean on House Republicans to accept something like the Senate bill,
For the White House, the calculation would seem to be politics versus principle, with the betting being that politics will...
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