Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) of the Senate HELP Committee released a statement today following their first day of discussions regarding the merger of two Senate health insurance reform proposals. Here’s the full text:
Today’s meeting was a great opportunity to begin our conversation about a number of key issues. We’ll continue to discuss these issues in greater depth over the coming days as we press forward with this critical work with the White House. There was strong consensus that crafting a bill that can garner 60 votes is an attainable goal. We all share the belief that failure is not an option, and we are energized with how close we stand to bringing meaningful reform to our health insurance system. We look forward to meeting with our caucus tomorrow and continuing our discussions next week.
