The Baucus Bill

So...Senator Baucus has put his health bill out into the wild, and the results are not looking good. James Kwak at Baseline Scenario calls the bills 'savings' a $140 billion tax on the middle class. Caitlin Kennedy of Planet Money has lots of links that look at the bill. Ezra Klein looks at 5 ways the bill needs to improve.

In other news, Arlen Specter says that a single-payer plan should be put on the table. Yeah!

Meanwhile, Matt Taibbi talks about how Obama has pulled what appears to be a bait-and-switch with people he had on his campaign that were progressive on topics like banking, defense, and health care, and who now have been marginalized and shelved.