Senate Health Care Reform

'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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Poll: Key States Greatly Prefer Public Option Over Senate Health Care Plan

Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Okay, this should really give a boost to those arguing that Dems should pass the public option via reconciliation -- for the specific reason that it w...

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Senate Clears Major Hurdle: Health Care Fight Hits Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Democrats approved the Senate bill that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did so wit...

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Senate Picks Up The Ball On Health Care Reform

Roll Call | David M. Drucker and Emily Pierce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats on Monday are set to pick up the battle over health care reform where the House left off, but the path forward remains uncertain as R...

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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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Klein: Senate Health Care Bill Already Contains What The GOP Wants

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Habitual readers know that I'm fond of pointing out this article by Igor Volsky, which thoroughly documents the way the substantive concerns of the Ho...

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Bachmann: Health Care Reform Amounts To 'Gangster Government'

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) joined fellow controversy-prone Republican Congressional candidate, Allen Quist, at a health care forum on Monday, and sugg...

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Olympia Snowe Talking To Democrats About Advancing Health Care Reform

POLITICO | Meredith Shiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Friday that she has been in conversation with Democrats and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus about a way forwar...

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The Last Hurrah to Reform Health Care

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

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To use a metaphor from the great American pastime, we are all in the 9th inning, with two outs, and the bases loaded.

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Tea Party Patriots Send Rubber Chickens To Senators: 'Enough Is Enough'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tea Party Patriots arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to deliver rubber chickens to Senators who voted for cloture on the chamber's health ...

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Conrad: Senate Health Care Bill Is Basically The Final Version

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) asserted on Sunday that the Senate's version of health care legislation will, by and large, be the final product, even thoug...

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Congress Must Continue to Make Children a Priority

Judith S. Palfrey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Children's needs must be a priority as we approach the next debates in Congress. Not only is it our moral obligation as adults to speak up for children, who cannot speak up for themselves, but it is our civic duty.

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Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

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Jonathan Chait: Health Care Bill The Biggest Social Achievement Of Our Times

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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American liberals have a habit of withdrawing into cynicism and ennui at the most inopportune moments. The 2000 presidential election, and subsequent ...

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GOP Senator: We Will Unanimously Oppose Newest Health Care Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republicans predicted on Wednesday that the 40 members of their caucus would unanimously oppose health care reform despite changes made by Demo...

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CBO: Reform Will Save Insurers The Cost Of Figuring Out Creative Ways To Deny Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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It takes insurance companies a lot of time and effort to figure out how to deny coverage to insured patients or to write policies that allow them to d...

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Franken: Dems Unified Behind 'Historic' Health Reform Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate Democratic caucus is unified following a Saturday meeting and poised to pass a much-weakened health care reform proposal before Christmas d...

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AARP Backs Democrats On Medicare Cuts In Senate Health Care Fight

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — With a Senate showdown looming, the politically potent AARP rode to the rescue of Democrats on Wednesday, supporting $460 billion i...

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Mark Schmitt: Victory At What Cost?

The American Prospect | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The most troublesome task of a reform president," Henry Adams wrote in his autobiography, is "to bring the Senate back to decency." President Barack ...

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Lieberman And Brown Have Both Expressed Support For Medicare Buy-In Approach

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Democrats in the Senate discuss a compromise approach to health care reform centered on expanding Medicare, they should be encouraged by the fact t...

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Orrin Hatch Will Introduce Abortion Restrictions In Senate Health Bill

Politics Daily | Patricia Murphey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) told Politics Daily Tuesday that he plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill similar to the ame...

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The Centrist Democratic Senate Health Care Plan

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the current conventional wisdom, the Senate's health care legislation is essentially a centrist proposal that brilliantly combines liberal and conservative means and ends.

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Reid Cancels Recess To Get Health Care Done

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has cancelled the Senate's Columbus Day recess so that lawmakers can focus on passing healthcare reform leg...

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"August Is Where Reform Will Be Won Or Lost": Jonathan Cohn

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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August is where reform will be won or lost. And while the critics have certain momentum right now, the supporters have one big tactical advantage. Now...

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Senate Group Dropping Dem Health Goals

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits two key...

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