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Medicare Part D

Ryan Grim

Outline Of Senate Health Bill Agreement Emerging

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Senate Democrats emerged from a caucus-wide meeting Wednesday evening tight-lipped about the elements of the "broad agreement" that has been reached o...

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Medicare Part D Creators Now Working For Lobbyists With Billions At Stake

ProPublica | Olga Pierce | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollar...

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Baucus Bill Hearings Day 1: Heroes--Cantwell, Kerry, Nelson, Wyden. Grumpy Old Men--Republicans. Goat--Tom Carper.

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Healthcare Reform, Medicare Part D, John Kerry, Maria Cantwell, Home Healthcare, Medicaid, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Seniors, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Overall, it was a good opening day. One could measure how good it was by the sour faces and wounded-appearing body language of the Republicans.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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Four Reasons Why Giving Consumers the Choice of a Public Health Insurance Plan Is Great Politics for Democrats

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

The private health insurance industry has begun to spin the narrative that offering consumers a choice of a public health insurance plan is never going to pass Congress. This narrative is flat wrong.

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