This doesn’t come as a tremendous surprise at this point, but Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)–ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee–has some pretty serious reservations about his friend Max Baucus’ health care proposal.
According to CNN, Grassley objects to a fee Baucus has suggested imposing on insurance companies to help cover the cost of the legislation, as well as to the fact that the bill’s bottom line is expected to hover near $900 billion. Grassley was aiming for something about $100 billion lower.
As I reported earlier, the Finance Committee’s “Gang of Six” will meet later this afternoon to discuss the proposal and where Baucus will gauge whether his proposal will have any Republican support other than from moderate Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
