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isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=6522</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, moved forward with a health reform bill today (Wednesday) that omits the public option present in all other Congressional bills and calls instead for health cooperatives.<p><a
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