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Long Time Coming: Why Rush Limbaugh Must Go

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.06.2012

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As free marketeer Rush Limbaugh is finding out, the entertainment value of sliming people isn't what it used to be. Sandra Fluke was the last straw. Enough is enough.

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Medicaid: Help in Hard Times

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012

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Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.

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Medicaid Cuts: A Misguided Journey Back to the Future

Maggie Kozel, M.D. | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Schip, Medicaid Cuts, Medicaid Cuts Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Medicare, Paul Ryan Medicaid, Debt Ceiling Obama, Debt Ceiling Debate, Politics News

We should be refining and bolstering our Medicaid system, not chopping it. We can -- and need to -- provide smarter, more cost-effective, quality-driven health care for everyone.

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Gov. Hickenlooper's Veto of SB 213 Insults Low-Income Parents

Brian T. Schwartz | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Health Care Cost-Shift, Colorado Legislature, Uninsured, John Hickenlooper, Schip, Uninsured Children, Chp+, Health Insurance, Child Health Care, Denver News

For some families, SB 213 would have increased the Child Health Plan Plus enrollment fee to $20 per month. It's insulting to eligible parents to suggest that they would not pay the increased fees.

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Children's Health Insurance Program Next On GOP Presidential Hopefuls' List Of Things To Avoid

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When Jon Huntsman announces his candidacy for the presidency next week, it's unlikely that he'll mention what Utah officials say is one ...

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Questions About the Illinois Auditor General's Look at Covering All Kids Health Insurance

John Bouman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The legislative purpose of the audit was to monitor expenditures of money and awards of contracts under the program, not to evaluate public policy.

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Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicaid, Democratic Majority, Whip Count, House Vote, Myths About Health Care Bill, Schip, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

Real health care reform is the thing we've fought for from the start. It is desperately needed. But this bill falls short on many levels, and hurts many people more than it helps them.

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Partners In Change: President Obama and Senator Michael Bennet

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

The divisions are deep, the fear explosive, and real solutions hard to find. But still, in each community, in each school and in each workplace, a small voice here and there says, "Yes... we still can."

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Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.

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The Fact That Ends the Health Care Debate

Anna Bernasek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oecd, Medicaid, Public Option, Meidcare, Health Care, Government Health Care, Schip, Politics News

A move to a government funded system would demonstrably result in lower, not higher, costs. For example, if we simply duplicated the British system, every US citizen could take home an $800 refund.

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Peaceful Revolution: Don't Gamble With Children's Health

Bruce Lesley | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chip, Children's Health, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Schip, Healthy Living News

For the first time in American history, adults do not believe that our nation's children will have the opportunities they had to live a happy, healthy, and prosperous life.

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Mr. President, Call It Something!

Andrew Ruben | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economy, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama, Fdr, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Schip, Barack Obama, Fdr New Deal, Politics News

If we've really survived the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression thanks to government intervention, and if health care reform is so integral to fulfilling the American promise, where is Obama's "New Deal"?

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Better or Worse

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, 2009 Obama Administration, Medicare Buy In, Health Care Compromise, American Medical Association, Medicare, Ama, Schip, Politics News

All the good things announced in Tuesday night's compromise are under vicious assault by the health industry lobbies, and the bad things still might get negotiated for the better in conference.

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Six Reasons We Must Keep CHIP in Final National Health Reform Legislation

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children's Health Insurance Program, Children's Health, Schip, National Health Reform, Politics News

Some contend that ending CHIP will allow more parents and children to be enrolled in the same health plans. But isn't it more important that health coverage for all children be easily secured and affordable?

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 05.25.2011

The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.

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Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, National Security, Children's Health, Child Health, Health Benefits, Kids, Medicaid, Schip, Politics News

Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever

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Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

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What If The Middle-Class Ruled?

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawmakers should use the current crisis as an opportunity to usher in a new era of middle-class American rule.

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What Obama Can Learn from European Healthcare

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Foundation, Germany, France, Health, European Union, Massachusetts, Europe, Single Payer, Health Care, Schip, Barack Obama, Politics News

Whether one looks at infant mortality, life expectancy, the number of physicians, hospital beds, medical errors or high out-of-pocket expenses, America underperforms to a shocking degree.

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Grassley Warns Reid: Don't Interfere With Health Care

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Grassley, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Health Care, Health Reform, Schip, Politics News

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is vowing a rapid push on health reform this year, telling reporters yesterday that he would intro...

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Obama Issues Second Salvo in Fight to Keep Health Care Reform on the Table: But Even After SCHIP, Coverage for Kids May Be Slipping

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children's Healthcare, Health Care, Schip, Politics News

Neither the president, nor Congress, should consider the job of securing access to health care for children to be a done deal.

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A Day to Celebrate

Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Massa, Congress, Children, Health Care, Healthcare, Schip, Politics News

As a freshman member of Congress that made the expansion of children's healthcare a cornerstone of my campaign, this is a truly powerful and emotional moment for me.

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Obama's First Fifteen Days

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Triangulation, Universal Healthcare, Tom Daschle, Superdelegates, Post-Partisan, Iraq, S-Chip, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, 100 Days, Schip, Politics News

The expansion of SCHIP is a historic health care development and is a reminder that despite the drama, President Obama is able to deliver the change he promised.

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SCHIP: Obama Signs Bill On Children's Health Care (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama signed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Wednesday afternoon. "This is a down payment on my promise to cov...

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Immigration Reform is a Promise Waiting to be Filled

Marisa Treviño | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, US Soldiers, Children, Department of Labor, Guantanamo, Immigration, Stimulus, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Medicare, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq, Children's Health, Immigration Debate, Schip, U.S. Department of Labor, Republicans, Politics News

Some analysts are guessing that Obama, while he won't utter the words "immigration reform" in the same breath, might be more willing to tackle the issue one piece at a time.

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