Juliet Eilperin and Sean Sullivan in today's Washington Post explains all the political reasons that Baucus got that job -- 1) to help out Democratic politicians in Montana, 2) because he has experience on China trade issues, and 3) because it "remov[es] a credible critic of the Affordable Care Act from the scene."
I guess he's "credible" because he drafted it, although the writers seem to be unaware of that fact. Of course, he's not actually criticizing the Act itself, just the implementation. From the article:
"Baucus had expressed frustration with how the Administration was implementing its landmark health care law for months, suggesting in February it could be “a huge train wreck” if the government did not have enough money to spend on outreach to consumers. A month after the launch of HealthCare.gov the senator compared the federal health care marketplace to Humpty Dumpty, questioning whether the White House could repair the complicated online enrollment system."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/18/four-reasons-why-the-white-house-is-sending-max-baucus-to-china/?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z13
I guess he's "credible" because he drafted it, although the writers seem to be unaware of that fact. Of course, he's not actually criticizing the Act itself, just the implementation. From the article:
"Baucus had expressed frustration with how the Administration was implementing its landmark health care law for months, suggesting in February it could be “a huge train wreck” if the government did not have enough money to spend on outreach to consumers. A month after the launch of HealthCare.gov the senator compared the federal health care marketplace to Humpty Dumpty, questioning whether the White House could repair the complicated online enrollment system."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/18/four-reasons-why-the-white-house-is-sending-max-baucus-to-china/?tid=hpModule_f8335a3c-868c-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z13
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