Health Care Reform

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John Kerry Breaks Out Oppo, Takes On Howard Dean For 'Kill The Bill' Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The pushback against Howard Dean for his call to "kill" the Senate health care bill, continued on Friday night, with a prominent Senate Democrat picki...

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In The Public Interest: Lobbyists and Special Interest Groups are Winning the Battle for Reform; Can They be Stopped?

Larry McNeely | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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This year, powerful health industry groups spent more than a million dollars each day lobbying Congress, trying to defeat and weaken reform. For them, it has proven to be money well spent.

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Taibbi, Kuttner Debate Health Care Bill On "Bill Moyers Journal" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone agree that the health care bill taking shape in the Senate is a bad one. But ...

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My Blue Shield Experience Embodies Our Stupid and Wasteful Health Insurance System

Wendy Block | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cobra, Blue Shield, California, Health Insurance Bureaucracy, Health Care Reform, Waste, Single Payer, Saving Money, Lewin Group, Politics News

Recognize this melody? If you're a Blue Shield of California member, you hear it pretty much every time you call and end up holding till an actual person answers. A few days ago I heard it for half an hour.

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Canadian Health Care: Five "Terrifying" Testimonials

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Insurance, Socialized Medicine, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Insurance Lobbyists, Stupak, Politics News

I married a Canadian, which got me, among other things, some pretty awesome Canadian in-laws, two kids, friends who think hockey is worth watching, and a window into Canada's health care system.

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Flapping In The Policy Breeze

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The question for those who actually want health care reform is no longer about politics. It's how well equipped the public is to support reform based on its merits, rather than its politics.

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President Obama Loses His Base: He Just Ran Out of Slack

Tom Sullivan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The media was quick to declare the Obama honeymoon over this summer. Yet supporters exhilarated by Obama's win in November 2008 were still willing to cut him slack. That slack just ran out.

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Jim Campbell, Maine Republican, Leaves Party Over 'Failure To Address' Health Care

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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AP -- Minority Republicans in the Maine House have lost a member. Rep. Jim Campbell of Newfield said Thursday he's withdrawn from the Republican Part...

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Grand Junction Hospital To Lay Off Workers Due To 44% Increase In Uninsured Patients

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | AMY HAMILTON | Posted 12.18.2009 | Denver

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The numbers of layoffs haven't been announced, but positions will be eliminated in areas that do not include patient care, spokeswoman Becky Jessen sa...

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McCain Denied Senator Extra Time To Finish Speaking In 2002

Think Progress | Faiz Shakir | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), acting on the orders of the Senate leadership, refused to grant Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) "an additional moment" to...

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Health Insurance Company Stocks "On Fire" As Reform Bill Is Weakened

FireDogLake | Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 12.18.2009 | Business

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So screams the Business Insider. If you need a guide to the health reform debate in Washington, take a look at health insurance company stocks. Whe...

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2009: The Year Change Fell Prey to Backroom Deals

Paul Hogarth | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Filibuster, C-Span, Negotiations, Backroom-Politicking, Health Care Public Option, Barack Obama, Politics News

2008 was the Year of Change -- when voters ushered in a new progressive era. But a year later, health care has been hijacked by extortionists -- just so we can "cut a deal" to get 60 U.S. Senators.

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Compassion and Empathy: Endangered Species in Washington

Saul Segan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The Obama Administration continues to self-destruct and to take us along with it. The health care debacle shows the absolute heartlessness of the lawmakers and their incapacity for logical thinking.

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Ben Nelson, Democratic Leaders Appear Near Agreement On Health Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Fr...

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The Democratic Left's Firing Squad

Lanny Davis | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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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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Health Care Reform: The Real Price is in "Brother can you Spare a Dime"

Chris Prevatt | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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It has become readily apparent that efforts to achieve health care reform in the Senate have become a disaster and effectively dead. This seems to be clear to everyone, with the exception of several senators.

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White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The White House will play an active role in moving health care legislation closer to the House's version once a bill passes the Senate and goes to con...

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Thoughts on the State of Health-Care Reform

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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It's extremely important for those on the left, liberals and progressives alike, not to give in too easily. Why are we the only ones who need to compromise?

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Larry Kissell Angers Supporters With Vote Against Health Care

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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To voters in this hard-luck town where stable factory jobs and the health care that came with them have long since disappeared, change looked good a ...

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Ralph Nader: Obama Criticism Is Overdue

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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The left's anger over the public option and the anti-Obama revolt is long overdue, says Ralph Nader. Benjamin Sarlin talks to the self-professed "pion...

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Medical Malpractice and Health Care Costs: A New Study

D. Brad Wright | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tort Reform, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

In a slight change from the usual, I'm going to take a closer look at one of the major issues on the right: The need to reform the medical malpractice system.

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Senate Advances $626 Billion Pentagon Bill, Defeats GOP Stalling On Health Care

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate headed for a Saturday morning vote on a package that funds the Pentagon and keeps other key programs, including benefits...

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Trumka: Senate Bill As Is Will Die In The House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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The head of the most powerful union group in the country said on Thursday that the Senate version of the health care bill will not survive a vote in t...

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Lanny Davis And Jane Hamsher Yell Over Each Other On The Ed Show (VIDEO)

Posted 12.18.2009 | Media

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Lanny Davis, former White House special counsel for the Clinton administration, and FireDogLake.com founder Jane Hamsher got into a shouting match ove...

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Why the Left Fails

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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The Left loses key battles because most Americans don't understand the very basics of American democracy--especially that we do not have a parliament.

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