U WASHINGTON -- Key Senate Democrats are paring back subsidies designed to make insurance more affordable as they reach for bipartisan support on health care legislation.
An outline circulated during the day by Sen. Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, also leaves open the possibility that there would be no direct government competition against private insurors.
Despite the cost-cutting, the proposal retains key elements of President Barack Obama's call for expanded health insurance. It requires most individuals to purchase coverage and forbids insurance companies from denying it on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.
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