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Senate chairman proposes fee on insurance firms

Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:49 a.m.

Sen. Max Baucus on Monday pushed a new health-care plan including an industry fee to help pay for covering the uninsured as President Barack Obama said insurance companies must share accountability for the troubled system.

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