GOP’s Snowe shaped health bill before backing it
WASHINGTON — Long before Republican Olympia Snowe bucked her party Tuesday to support the Senate Finance Committee ‘s sweeping health care bill , she spent months helping to shape it. The Maine senator refused to support a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers – and the bill didn’t have one. She wanted insurance policies to be more affordable for lower-income workers – and the bill was changed to provide bigger government subsidies. WASHINGTON—Republican Se
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