Kennedy Health Care

Sam Stein

When Kennedy Nearly Achieved The "Cause Of His Life": Health Care Reform With Nixon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Nearly 40 years ago -- less than a decade into his time in office -- Senator Ted Kennedy chose to tackle what would eventually become the "cause of hi...

Sam Stein

Dodd: "Maybe Teddy's Passing" Will Spur GOP To Act On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Senator Ted Kennedy's closest friend and ally in the Senate urged Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to take a renewed and sincere interest in passing ...

Sam Stein

George McGovern, Kennedy Colleague, Remembers Him As 20th Century's Greatest

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Forty-seven years ago, Ted Kennedy was elected to the Senate to take the seat that had once been held by his brother, then-president John Kennedy. At ...

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McCain: Kennedy's Absence Is Damaging Health Care's Prospects

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Health care legislation would be in a "very different place today," if Senator Ted Kennedy, (D-Mass) were healthy enough to participate in negotiation...

Ted Kennedy: Cancer Showed Me Need For Health Care Reform

The Boston Globe | Ted Kennedy | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Over the last year, I've seen our healthcare system up close. I've benefitted from the best of medicine, but I've also witnessed the frustration and o...

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Kennedy, Baucus: Major Health Care Reform Within Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


To the delight of Democrats who have fretted that health care reform would fall victim to pressing economic matters or Tom Daschle's failed nomination...