Health Reform

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Arianna Discusses Senate Health Care Reform On Countdown With Keith Olbermann

Huff TV | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, includin...

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Health Insurers Could Bypass Some Key Reforms

Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, Senate Health Committee, Health Legislation, Politics News, Health Reform, Politics News

Legislators are designing this new insurance marketplace to protect consumers from many of the pitfalls and inequities in the current system. But even...

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No, Rachel, No! This "Health Reform" Could Lose the Middle Class for Dems

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Reform, Rachel Maddow, Mitt Romney, Mike Elk, Health Care, Stupak Amendment, Politics News

If Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes -- and they should be -- it's statements like a recent pronouncement by Rachel Maddow that should concern them.

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The New Scarlet Letter -- A is for Abortion

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, House Health Reform Bill, HR 3962, Reproductive Rights, Stupak Amendment, Hyde Amendment, Pregnancy, Contraception, Health Reform, Politics News

The Stupak-Pitts amendment takes me back to the days when abortion was not legal and the shame of an abortion was very much like wearing a big red letter A on your forehead.

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How the Blue Dogs Raised My Insurance Premium by 14%

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Abortion, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Business News

After last week's vote, my company got no additional coverage, just higher rates. This is profound evidence that the insurance industry won the health care debate, and that taxpayers lost big.

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Why the Stupak Amendment Is a Monumental Setback for Abortion Access

Jessica Arons | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Funding Health Care Bill, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Abortion Rights, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Health Reform, Health Care, Antiabortion, Abortion Funding, Stupak-Pitts, Politics News

The Stupak Amendment, passed Saturday night by the House of Representatives after a compromise deal fell apart, potentially goes farther than any other federal law to restrict women's access to abortion.

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Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Hyde-Amendment, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Health Reform, Health Care, Stupak, Politics News

On Saturday, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment ...

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The Ellsworth Amendment: Dems Set to Compromise on Abortion Care in Health Reform, Again

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hyde Amendment, Abortion, Health Insurance Exchange, Public Option, Health Reform, Politics News

A vote originally set for tomorrow on the House health care bill (HR 3200) may be delayed until next week, even after months of drama to arrive at th...

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Hoyer: House Stays Until Health Care Vote Happens

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Steny Hoyer, Health Reform, Health Care, House Democrats, House Health Care Vote, Politics News

Anyone trying to delay the House floor vote on health reform should know they're not leaving until it's done, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday....

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Point 2: Care is Inconsistent and Too Often Unsafe

George Halvorson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Reform, Obama Health Care, Politics News

For today, we need to recognize that we spend more money in America on health care than any other country by a factor of two or three -- and we are not getting the consistent, high-quality care we should be getting for all the money we are spending

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When Political Ideas Have Costs

Scott de Marchi | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Capital, Politics, Capitol Hill, Research, Economics, Decision-Making, Health Reform, Books, Fec, Politics News

Talk and inaction are relatively cheap for US legislators, since their own health care plan will remain the same whether or not legislation passes. Political ideas need to have a cost.

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Calling Out the House Progressive Caucus: Are You Men and Women, or Are You Mice?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.

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Time to Kill the Pseudo-Public Option -- and Other Things to Tell Your Representative

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wyden Amendment, Robust Public Option, Public Option, Kucinich Amendment, Health Reform, Politics News

There are two critical tests for health care reform: Is it an improvement over what we have today? And is it structured so that further improvements can be made?

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What Are America's Real Values?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Exchange, Chip, Children, Medicaid, Congress, Child Health Coverage, Health Reform, Child Heath Insurance, Impact News

What is a child's life worth? What is a child's health worth? What is a child's spirit, battered by preventable suffering and chronic disease, worth?

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Three Reasons You May Be Uneasy With Health Reform

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robust Public Option, Warren Zevon, Cadillac Tax, Public Option, Level Playing Field, House Committee on Health and Labor, Excise Tax, Health Reform, Baucus Tax, Politics News

If the end product is an imperfect health care reform bill, one that takes too much from the middle class in order to help those even less fortunate, that won't be what some people wanted. But it will be be an improvement.

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Health Reform: Look How Far We've Come. Now Where the Heck Are We?

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wyden Amendment, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Health Reform, Opt Out, Mandates, Politics News

Putting Sen. Lieberman aside for a moment (and who wouldn't want to?), what can we expect to see if the final health reform bill conforms to Sen. Reid's outline?

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Peaceful Revolution: Kids in Health Care Reform -- Beyond Fat Babies and Underweight Toddlers

Jocelyn Guyer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Aislin Bates, Child Health Insurance, Child Healthcare, Alex Colorado, Health Reform, Living News

Children have an from successful passage of a strong health reform bill -- their health, well-being, and the financial security of their families rest upon it.

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Opt-Out? Not So Fast My Friend -- KansasDeservesReform.com

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas, Democratic Party, Health Reform, Republicans, Health Care, Politics News

You've heard the statistics: 350,000 Kansans don't have health insurance, while thousands struggle in a system that costs more, but provides less.

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Woman Denied Health Care Insurance After Rape Tells Her Story (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...

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Snowe Warns Reid On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Health Reform, Health Care, Senate Health Bill, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to ...

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Building a House of Health

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Public Option, Health Reform, Health Care, President Obama, Politics News

The President and the Congress are about to lay the foundation so that all Americans can live securely in the house of health, unafraid of the consequences of an illness or injury.

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Why Majority Support Does Not Guarantee Health Reform (and Why This Isn't All Bad)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fear, Public Fears, House, Health, Public Opinion, Congress, Health Care, Health Reform, Obama Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Senate, Public Option, Barack Obama, Politics News

A full defense of the public option requires moving beyond the basic arguments for reform. It requires reform proponents to take seriously the fears of opponents, even if they make up only a minority of the American public.

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The Annual National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® Celebration

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Health Reform, Faith, Childrens Sabbaths, Living News

One of the main concerns people of faith will be lifting up this year is the need for health care legislation that assures real reform of our broken and inadequate child health system.

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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

Read More: Baucus Bill, Public Option, Ahip, Medicare for All, President Obama Health Care, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

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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