Health-care legislation can be completed in six weeks

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White House Budget Director Peter Orszag said health-care legislation can be completed in six weeks and may largely be based on a measure being drafted by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.

Lawmakers have been struggling with legislation that would cover tens of millions of people who lack insurance and tame health-care costs, the top priority of President Barack Obama. Baucus’s committee is still dealing with the issue about two months after four other panels drafted bills because he tried unsuccessfully to court Republican support.