News, Key senator says $1 trillion health bill possible. (health care, cost, chairman)
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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators at work on health care reported progress Thursday in holding the cost of legislation to their $1 trillion target, but Republicans quickly added there was no agreement on even the outlines of a bill.
"We have options that would enable us to write a $1 trillion bill, fully paid for," Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told reporters.
Key senator says $1 trillion health bill possible - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul - broken link)