Some details on the Baucus healthcare reform proposal

Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Finance Committee, released his long-awaited proposal for reforming the way we pay for healthcare but without any Republican support from the Gang of Six who were helping him to craft it.

Here are some details on some of the more controversial issues that are separating Democrats and the GOP.

And the New York Times had five healthcare analysts and economists grade Baucus' proposed legislation here.

Matthew Yglesias puts in his two cents here (which basically amounts to a statement that what came out of the Finance Committee simply doesn't provide enough money to help people who need it the most).

UPDATE: More from Ezra Klein on why the "free rider" provision in Baucus' proposal is such bad policy.