Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration delivered to Congress its first detailed proposal for a piece of the healthcare overhaul today, suggesting that a new independent board make the decisions on how Medicare pays hospitals and doctors.
Until now, the president has carefully deferred to lawmakers developing healthcare legislation, in part because many believe that the Clinton administration's decision to write its own healthcare bill 15 years ago alienated Congress and contributed to that initiative's failure.
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