Excerpt: When Congress returns to Washington in January, legislators likely will make the faltering economy the top priority, but health care reform will remain in the mix. Perhaps the first piece of the puzzle was put on the table October 7 by a bipartisan group of prominent senators in health care policy, including Sens. Max Baucus, D-Montana; Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming; and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon. They introduced a 'discussion draft' of legislation that would require companies to disclose on employees' W-2 tax forms the amount of money they spend annually on health insurance. The idea emanated from a set of hearings designed to prepare Congress to legislate next year on health care.

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