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'Ripple Effect' Of Health Care Reform Means A Layoff For Some

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.19.2012

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CHICAGO — A father lost his job at a medical device company that is facing a new tax. A young woman got back on her parents' insurance and was a...

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In Turnabout, Democrats Allege GOP Dropped The Ball On Job Focus

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers s...

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Obama Looks To Boost Health Care Reform In Marking 6-Month Anniversary Of New Law

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Blaming himself for coolness to his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is seeking to reintroduce the law to voters...

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Dems' New Message On Health Care Reform: 'Improve' Legislation, Don't Talk 'Costs And Deficit'

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and def...

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Health Care Vote May Hurt Some Careers, but It's Worth It

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats may indeed lose seats in Congress for passing health care legislation, just as they lost seats emanating from the 1964 Civil Rights Act. As I always say, better to lose a congressional seat to right an immoral wrong.

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An Obama Organizer Looks Back

David Litt | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I watched President Obama at the signing ceremony today, I thought about Wendy again. She will finally be able to get the healthcare she needs.

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Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About November

Michael Wenger | Posted 05.25.2011

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There already is evidence in a recent poll that African American voters are motivated to turn out in higher-than-usual numbers in November, and this legislative victory will increase such a likelihood.

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Obama's Latest Comeback

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The venom directed yesterday at John Lewis, Emanuel Cleaver, and Barney Frank by Tea Party protesters should serve as a wake-up call. The epithets spewed by the Tea Party bigots are not protests. They are defamation.

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March Madness, DC Style

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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We do not get all we pay for in this world, but we are certainly paying for everything we get. We have paid an incredibly heavy price to get to this moment on health care: now is not the time to falter.

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Health Care Reform: Democrats Will Be Challenged, Whether They Pass Reform Or Not

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats aren't going to catch a break if they accede to their opponents' demands and drop health care reform. In fact, they face a steeper, more expensive climb during the campaign. They'll also face the wrath of voters.

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The End of an Illusion

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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With all the health care bill's deficiencies, winning its passage would be a triumph, not just for expansion of health coverage, but for Obama's capacity to grow in office and defeat Republican obstruction.

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Union Threatens To Pull Support For Dems Who Don't Support Health Care Reform

Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what seems intended as a shot across the bow of House Dems wavering on health reform, top officials with the labor powerhouse SEIU have bluntly tol...

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Labor On Dems Who Block Health Reform: We'll 'Take Them Out'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As health care reform enters its do-or-die stage in Congress, union leaders on Tuesday began threatening that they will work to 'take out' Democratic ...

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House Votes To Repeal Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to repeal the antitrust exemption currently granted to health insurance companies....

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Public Option Push: Four More Democratic Senators Ask Reid For Vote

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday four Dem Senators made a big splash by signing a letter pushing Dem leaders to pass the public option via reconciliation, suggesting the pro...

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Pelosi Aide: Health Care May Be Put Off Until Easter

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's top health policy aide laid out a way forward today and said reform should be close to finished by Easter recess. Congre...

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Republicans Poised To Run On Health Care Repeal Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A growing chorus of Republican officials is pledging to push for a full repeal of health care reform legislation, weeks before a bill actually lands o...

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Democrats May Suffer If They Fail To Pass Health Care Legislation: Poll

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats may face severe political consequences in the polls next year if they fail to pass health care reform legislation. A new survey from Public ...

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The Democratic Left's Firing Squad

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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For 60 years, since Harry Truman, liberal Democrats have supported a national health insurance system -- so that the health of individual Americans and families would not be a function of wealth.

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Another Look at Stupak-Pitts

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stupak amendment supporters should support a proposal that requires that at least one insurance policy on a state exchange include abortion coverage so long as another, identical policy does not include abortion coverage.

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Lieberman Has Made Health Care Reform Unpopular

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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By giving in to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn.) demands on health care legislation, Senate Democratic leadership may have moved closer to blocking a...

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Rahm: Public Option Not Likely To Pass

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate has been fairly clear that they cannot pass a healthcare bill including a public option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel asserted W...

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Labeling the Angry Mob Won't Be Enough

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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You cannot win any political campaign without connecting to people's emotions. Americans split pretty evenly over health care reform, so whoever taps into these emotions will win.

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Five Reasons the Health Care Battle Is NOT the Presidential Campaign

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weeks ago, I cautioned that the White House was in perpetual campaign mode. Therein lies the problem. The August health care battle isn't the presidential campaign.

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Health Care -- Democrats Had Better Find Hiding Places

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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I said it the other day, and I feel the need to repeat it: the public does not yet understand that the government is about to order people to buy health insurance, with their own money.

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