Baucus makes nice with single-payer advocates

But, that was about all, Cambridge doc David Himmelstein told Carrie Budoff Brown for her story on Politico. 

“’While he did say it was probably a mistake not to have given a full hearing to single payer in the past, he announced no intention of opening up the hearings on single payer in the future and we will therefore need to continue to press him,” Himmelstein said.

6/5 update; More here from The Washington Post.

Go down a few posts or click here for more on the single payer debate.

Also, there is so much good stuff in the Globe today, I’m just going to refer you to their blog — White Coat Notes — which offers a Monday- Friday roundup. Take note of  the editorial on Partners’ expansion, Robert Kuttner’s column and the story on takeover weirdness at Biogen Idec.