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Health Care Rationing: Why the "R" Word is a Red Herring

N. E. Marsden | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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N. E. Marsden

it is ludicrous to imply that private insurance companies don't ration care by flat-out refusing procedures that people genuinely need or desperately want.

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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Matt Osborne

The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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Public Option Opt-Out Not Favored By Americans: AP Poll

The Associated Press | Erica Werner | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press pol...

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Blue Dog Democrats Dominate House Health Care Debate

The New York Review Of Books | Michael Tomasky | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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So what did the House Blue Dogs do on the health care vote last Saturday? They were more supportive than one might think: Of the fifty-two-member coal...

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Pearlstein: Restore Majority Rule To The Senate

The Washington Post | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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By now most people have heard the story of the frog that's put in a pot of cold water on a hot stove and doesn't notice as it is gradually boiled to d...

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No Men: The Most Ornery, Obstructionist Senators

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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When Sen. Joe Lieberman issued fresh threats to filibuster any health-care reform proposal including a public option, he did more than just blunt the ...

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Medical Industry Grumbles Over Bill, But It Stands To Gain

The New York Times | Duff Wilson and Reed Abelson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the market by tens of millions of customers. But the busi...

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Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on Dropping State Single Payer Amendment

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Progressive leaders are calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision they promised was essential.

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The Public Option in Congress Is Now a Sham. Who Cares If Lieberman Kills It?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

With or without a fraudulent public option, millions of Americans who will be required to buy insurance or pay a fine will see their premiums skyrocket.

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House Health Care Bill Outlaws Treating Domestic Violence As A Pre-Existing Condition

Think Progress | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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This morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled the re-tooled Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962). The bill will cost $900 billi...

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House Health Care Bill Released: "Historic Moment"

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millio...

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AMA Faces Revolt After Humiliating Senate Defeat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association's deep poc...

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Robust Public Option Lacks Votes To Pass The House: The Plum Line

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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The House Dem leadership has conducted its preliminary whip count and has tallied up less than 200 likely Yes votes in support of a health care reform...

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Health Care Poll: Support For A Public Option At An All Time High

MSNBC | Mark Murray | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves forward crafting a Senate health-care bill that contains a public option -- with a state "opt out" -- the l...

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Who's Killing the Public Option? President Obama With a Rahm-Bow

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Those fighting for a "robust" public option need to finally accept the hard truth that Barack Obama is not an ally. He's an obstacle.

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Schumer: Public Option Near Votes Needed To Pass

AP | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A key Democratic senator says he believes Democrats are close to the 60 votes they need to advance a health care bill that includes...

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BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Urges Its Enrollees to Oppose Health Care Reform

Yuna Shin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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Yuna Shin

As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina sent its enrollees a mass mailing on Wednesday asking them to oppose health care reform.

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A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate

William Fisher | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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William Fisher

Now, the first thing I want you to know is that I'm no health care policy expert. Far from it. But, like the rest of us, I have a body and a mind tha...

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Public Option: Progressives Take Aim At Rahm, Demand White House Take A Stronger Stance

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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In recent weeks, liberal groups have largely refrained from directly pressuring the White House on the public option -- even as there's been lots of g...

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Anthony Weiner: GOP Public Option Opponents Should Give Up Their Medicare

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance...

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Harry Reid Ad Star: My Sister Will Switch Parties If He Delivers Public Option

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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I just got off the phone with Lee Slaughter, the ailing Nevada woman who is starring in a powerful new ad demanding that Harry Reid prove "strong enou...

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Anthony Weiner: Obama Administration "Half-Pregnant With The Insurance Industry"

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the Obama administration is "half-pregnant" with health insurers and pharmaceutical companies, which...

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Americans Increasingly Worried About Losing Health Care Coverage: Poll

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a ...

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Health Care Poll: Majority Wants Public Option Over Bipartisanship

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Okay, this is important: The new Washington Post poll finally asks people about their cravings for bipartisanship in the right way, and its finding re...

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Baby's Insurance Company Denies Coverage, Family Left In Health Crisis With Over $100,000 In Medical Bills

Bismarck Tribune | Tiffany Patterson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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Sixteen months ago, I gave birth to a wonderful baby boy, Trypp. After a week, Trypp began sleeping longer than usual and refused to eat. I took my so...

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