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White House frames health care as economic problem

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The Senate Finance committee hearing on overhauling the heath care system on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. From left are, Steven Wojcik, vice president of Public Policy, National Business Group Health; Gail Wilensky, senior fellow, Project Hope; John Sheils, senior vie president, The Lewin Group; Gerald M. Shea, assistant to the President for Government Affairs, AFL-CIO; Edward Kleinbard, chief of staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; James A. Klein, president, American Benefits Council; Michael F. Jacobson, executive director, the Center for Science in Public Interest; Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics, MIT; Robert Greenstein, executive director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Leonard Burman, director, Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute; Katherine Baicker, professor of Health Economics, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph R. Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute; and Stuart H. Altman, p
The Senate Finance committee hearing on overhauling the heath care system on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. From left are, Steven Wojcik, vice president of Public Policy, National Business Group Health; Gail Wilensky, senior fellow, Project Hope; John Sheils, senior vie president, The Lewin Group; Gerald M. Shea, assistant to the President for Government Affairs, AFL-CIO; Edward Kleinbard, chief of staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; James A. Klein, president, American Benefits Council; Michael F. Jacobson, executive director, the Center for Science in Public Interest; Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics, MIT; Robert Greenstein, executive director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Leonard Burman, director, Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute; Katherine Baicker, professor of Health Economics, Harvard School of Public Health; Joseph R. Antos, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute; and Stuart H. Altman, p
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate chairman who has a major role in writing health care legislation said Tuesday he hopes to convince President Barack Obama that taxing some employer-provided benefits will help control escalating costs.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., may face a hard sell. During his campaign for president, Obama ruled out taxing health benefits provided by employers.

"I know that's an issue we have to work out with the president, but I think it's an issue we will work out," said Baucus, who is among several Senate Democrats scheduled to meet with Obama Tuesday afternoon to discuss health care costs.
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