Silver: Don't Forget Wyden's Health Plan

Reported by Newser on Saturday, 18 July 2009 (on July 18, 2009)

Silver Don Forget Wyden Health Plan: Newser

When a bipartisan group of six senators sent a letter to Harry Reid yesterday asking him to slow down on health care reform, one name stood out to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com: Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon. At first glance, the liberal-ish senator doesn't seem to fit with the other five. What gives? Wyden is pushing his own health care plan—Silver is a fan, as are advocates on both the left and right—and this may be a sign that Wyden thinks his bill has a legitimate shot if the more "traditional" versions stall.

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