U.S. Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., released his “vision” for health care reform yesterday to much fanfare. Baucus calls his plan, “Call to Action, Health Reform 2009.” You can view his plan HERE.

One “minor” detail was left out. The Associated Press reports: Baucus did not offer a way to pay for his proposal, which included such costly provisions as allowing people ages 55-64 to participate in Medicare and eliminating the requirement that disabled people wait two years from when they become disabled to enroll in Medicare.

I agree the two year wait after someone becomes disabled to enroll in Medicare is a silly bureaucratic rule, not to mention a rule that should have been changed years ago by none other than Senator Max Baucus. He’s been there for 30 years.

But the major issue Congress will have to tackle is how to pay for Max’s reform. It will be expensive. Very expensive. Maybe the powerful Democrats feel that if we run out of money, they’ll just make more. That is the detail that Baucus missed, but it is the one that people will want to see before they buy off on this plan.

So, after 30-some years in the U.S. Senate, Max Baucus has finally presented a Health Reform plan – with no price tag.