By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 7/29/09 12:29 PM EDT
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus asks President Obama a question.
CBO estimates that the latest version of health care bill in the Senate Finance Committee would cost under $900 billion. Photo: AP

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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the latest version of a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee bill would cost under $900 billion, giving the negotiators a boost as they try to complete a health care package this week.

The CBO returned the estimate last night on the bill, which would cover 95 percent of Americans by 2015 and would be fully paid for in the first 10 years, Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said.

“The report is encouraging,â€