Earlier today, I filed a short report from Max Baucus’s speech to the Academy Health National Policy Conference. I just got the full transcript of his speech from his Senate office, so if you’d prefer to read the Finance Chairman’s words in full, they’re copied below the fold. And if you want more context on Baucus, there’s this great profile The American Prospect published a couple months ago…

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