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Mr. President, Call It Something!

Andrew Ruben | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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
Andrew Ruben

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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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, David Cay Johnston, Floods, Baucus Bill, Public Option, Trent Lott, Health Care Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Flood Insurance, Property Insurance, Fema, Haley Barbour, Public Plan, Thad Cochran, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Gop, Schip, Republicans, Gene Taylor, Politics News
David Cay Johnston

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 09.21.2009 | Politics

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

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 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Title IX, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Ted Kennedy Dead, Immigration and Nationality Act, Apartheid, Family and Medical Leave Act, Ted Kennedy, National-Cancer-Act, Cobra, Edward Kennedy, Minimum Wage, Senator Ted Kennedy, Liberalism, Senator Kennedy, Schip, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

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 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, House, Rick Wagoner, President Barack Obama, Automobile Industry, Congress, TheMiddleClass.Org, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Cards, Schip, Drum Major Institute, Health Insurance, Food Safety, Bankruptcy, Homeowners, Senate, Politics News
Harry Moroz

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 04.09.2009 | Politics

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

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 04.04.2009 | Politics

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 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Children's Healthcare, Health Care, Schip, Politics News
Irwin Redlener, M.D.

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 03.08.2009 | Politics

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

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 03.07.2009 | Politics

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

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 03.07.2009 | Politics

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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 03.02.2009 | Politics

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
Marisa Treviño

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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GOP Hispanic Outreach Team Locked in Closet During SCHIP Debate?

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigrants, Latino Vote, Latino Voters, Schip, Republicans, Politics News
Frank Sharry

If the raging debate this week over kids health care is any indication, the GOP's new Hispanic Outreach Team must be locked in the closet, bound, and gagged.

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The Promise of Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Bush SCHIP Veto, Global Economy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Children's Health Insurance, George W. Bush, President Obama, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Global Economic Crisis, Chronic Disease, Chronic Diseases in Children, Asthma, Bush SCHIP, State Children's Health, Schip, Great Depression, New Deal, Michael Bloomberg, Public Health, Bush Veto SCHIP, Tuberculosis, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Barack Obama, New York City, HIV/AIDS, Health, Federal Government, Healthcare Reform, Children's Health, Healthcare, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics News
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.

Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.

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Does Obama Know What He Is Doing?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Alexander Hamilton, Cia, Economy, Barney Frank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Democratic Party, Dick Cheney, Iran, Economic Stimulus Package, Gaza, Finance, Secreatary of the Treasury, Citibank, Timothy Geithner, Health Care, Republican Party, Tarp, Bill Clinton, Zimbabwe, Congress, Barack Obama, Transportation, Vikram Pandit, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Christina Romer, Schip, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Senate, North Korea, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Let's not lose sight of the fact that, like Cheney, these political and business leaders all think they know what they are doing.

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What a Difference An Election Makes -- SCHIP Health Care for 11 Million Kids

Christine Pelosi | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama 2008, 2008 Elections, Change, Democratic Congress, Children's Health Insurance, S-Chip, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Bush SCHIP Veto, Schip, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

With a stroke of his pen, Barack Obama will soon change America's priorities - spending the equivalent of 40 days in Iraq to provide health care for over 10 million children a year.

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Health Care or Hate Speech? SCHIP Early Test for GOP

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Schip, Politics News
Frank Sharry

This week the House is will vote on reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and the Senate Finance Committee will take up...

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Democrats Face First Immigration Test

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latino Voters, Max Baucus, Immigration, Health Insurance, Health Care, Schip, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

After benefiting enormously from the Latino backlash against GOP anti-immigrant race-baiting, Democratic legislators will have their first reality test, albeit a modest one, on this hot button issue.

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Sam Stein

Obama, Pelosi Discuss Economy, Labor, And Lilly Ledbetter

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi Meeting, Obama Stimulus, Obama Meetings, Obama Economy, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Pelosi, President Elect, Barack Obama, Obama TARP, Obama Pelosi Meeting, Employee Free Choice Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Schip, Politics News

Barack Obama returned to Capitol Hill today for the first time since his election, convening leaders of both parties to lay the groundwork for his eco...

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Bipartisanship Gone Wrong: A Cautionary Tale for the Next Administration

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, Congress, Bipartisanship, State Children's Health Insurance Program, President Obama, Politics, Obama Transition, Nbc, Bill Clinton, Policy, Health Care, Gridlock, Valerie Jarrett, Schip, State Children's Health, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

My hope that the Obama administration eschews the typical form of crafted bipartisanship characterized by short-term compromises that gloss over ideological differences.

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Palin Talks About Special Needs Children, But Obama Has Substantive Plans For All People With Disabilities

Paul K. Longmore | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Americans With Disabilities Act, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Disabilities, John McCain, Health, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Insurance, Schip, Home News
Paul K. Longmore

Ever since Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, there has been a great deal of talk about "special needs" children but little about the issues that concer...

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Billionaires, Congress, Wall Street Bailout, Children's Health Fund, Working Parents, Barack Obama Polls, Universal Healthcare, Katrina Victims, Regulation, Immigration, Health Insurance, Barack Obama Race, Mccain Immigration, Katrina Relief, Offthebus, Uninsured, Devante Johnson, Marian Wright Edelman, Illegal Immigrants, Teen Pregnancy, Deamonte Diver, Hurricane Katrina, Vision Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Mccain Katrina, Democratic Congress, John McCain, Dental Insurance, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War, John McCain 2008, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Health, 2008 Presidential Race, Schip, Deregulation, Hospitals, Prescription Drugs, Hillary Clinton, Working Families, Medicaid, Healthcare, Huffingtonpost OffTheBus, Working Moms, Children's Defense Fund, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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Wal-Mart's Wages Increase in China, Rollback in US

David Nassar | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Walton, Wages, Economy, Schip, Medicaid, China, Wal-Mart, Labor, Minimum Wage, Walmart Equality, Etic, Business News
David Nassar

Instead of perpetuating a cycle of poverty among its workers, it's time Wal-Mart consider a meaningful wage increase for its U.S. employees who are struggling to make ends.

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Clinton Role In Children's Health Care Disputed

Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, 1993 Clinton Healthcare Proposal, Clinton SCHIP, Clinton Health Care Plan, Children Health Care, Schip, Politics News

Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, h...

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Congressional Negotiators Near Veto-Proof Kids' Health Bill

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Children's Healthcare, Congress, President Bush, Veto, Schip, Politics News

Congressional negotiators said Tuesday they were nearing agreement on a revised children's health bill that they believed would withstand President Bu...

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