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Barack Obama Health Care

On Not Having Kids -- Because You Don't Want Them to Grow Up in a "Communist" Country

Colin Delany | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Colin Delany

Somehow it came up that her own son and his wife were reluctant to have children, which in itself is nothing unusual, but their reason blew my folks' minds: it was because they didn't want their kids to grow up in a "communist" country.

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Boring

Neil McCarthy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Neil McCarthy

Even the lies are ... Boring.

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By Revealing Their True Colors, Insurers Eliminate Any Reason to Compromise With Them

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Stephen M. Davidson

The insurers have demonstrated that there is no reason any more to cultivate their support. That being the case, Congress has a new chance to do the job right.

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Sam Stein

Bob Dole: Health Care Will Pass, GOP Should Be Open To Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) told reporters on Wednesday that opposition to the president's health care package was driven, in par...

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Obama's Preventive Care Pitch

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

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Dr. Jon LaPook

This week I underwent a colonoscopy with cameras rolling in an attempt to remind people that a screening colonoscopy can save your life.

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The Most Nightmarish Health Care Reform Bill Ever

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

Max Baucus tasked a former executive of a company that was penalized for rescinding the insurance policies of sick people with writing the most powerful health care reform proposal to be crapped out of the Senate.

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With Friends Like These...

Chez Pazienza | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Chez Pazienza

Paul Krugman's editorial, which takes Obama to task for supposedly betraying the progressive base that helped put him in office, is a perfect example of the self-defeating splinter cell tendency of left-wing politics.

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Why Bad Healthcare Policy Makes For Bad Politics, Too

Daniel Denvir | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Denvir

We should be willing to compromise, but the absence of a public option would be pure capitulation.

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Obama's Town Hall Language Reveals White House Strategy

D. Brad Wright | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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D. Brad Wright

The whistle has blown signaling the end of the first half of health reform, and all the players are huddled in the locker room that is August recess. Obama's town hall remarks are the coach's pep talk.

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Why Aren't Progressive Groups Protesting Obama's Back-Room Deal with Big Pharma?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Progressives were outraged when the Bush administration banned Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. It's time for outrage when the Obama administration does the same.

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The Character of Barack Obama

David Bromwich | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

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David Bromwich

If health care reform is finally defeated, Obama will not soon recover his credit as a national, a party, or a general-issue leader. To avoid that fate, he will have to grant to politics an importance he has not allowed it thus far.

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Good Medicine: Why Not for Everyone?

Dean Baker | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Dean Baker

President Obama's plan to weed out ineffective and wasteful medical procedures is a good one. But we should not single out Medicare beneficiaries as guinea pigs in this adventure.

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Obama: Congress Must "Seize This Opportunity" On Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his broad health care overhaul, calling it fiscally sound and urging Congress not to sq...

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Obama, FDR, and the Politics of Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Jerome Karabel

Obama's ability to rise to the challenge will not only determine the fate of the health care system, but whether he will join the ranks of a handful of presidents who increased the security of the American people.

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Obama: "Don't Bet Against Us" On Health Care

AP | DAVID ESPO and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Moving forcefully on his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama told a powerful Senate chairman on Monday he wants health ca...

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ABC Health Care Special Draws 4.7 Million Viewers

mediabistro.com | Posted by Chris | 02:15 PM | ABC | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

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The ABC News special edition of Primetime "Questions for the President: Prescription for America" drew 4.7 million Total Viewers - last in the time sl...

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Is the Insurance Industry Getting Behind Comparative Effectiveness Research?

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 06.13.2009 | Home

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Arlene Holt Baker

This week many watched as the president joined with the largest associations of insurers and doctors to acknowledge the excessive costs of health care...

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Obama Health Care Overhaul: Meeting Thursday (LIVE VIDEO)

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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The nation can't afford to wait for the economy to recover before tackling out-of-control medical costs, President Barack Obama is telling some of the...

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Obama Flips: Now Aiming For Universal Healthcare Coverage

The American Prospect | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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I've now been able to confirm with multiple senior administration sources that the health care proposal in Obama's budget will have a mandate. Sort of...

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Why Contraception Saves Money and Prevents Abortion

Dr. Peter Klatsky | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Peter Klatsky

While I respect the opinions of those who oppose abortion, I do not understand why those same leaders would then oppose policies proven to reduce abortions.

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The Promise of Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.

Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.

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I'm Sorry, Mr. Obama, We Don't Accept the Senate Health Care Plan Here.

Brian Ross | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Brian Ross

Does Blue Cross gives their customer service employees special training to achieve that monotone, or do they put them in a dungeon to get them to sound like they hate their jobs?

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Health Insurers Make Pitch For Mandated Coverage

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all custo...

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Why Not a "Bailout" That Restructures Health Care to Benefit All?

Michele Swenson | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

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Michele Swenson

"Free-market" health care is as perverse an incentive as free-market police and fire protection would be, leaving everyone vulnerable, at the mercy of the marketplace.

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Is MoveOn.Org Ignoring Its Core Democratic Principles in Setting its Direction on Health Care Reform?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Without asking its members, MoveOn's leaders have elected to join the steering committee of, and pledge at least $500,000 of its members' money to, a new health care coalition.

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