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Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.12.2011

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Chris Weigant

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Iowa straw poll is meaningless. The Republican debate last night in Iowa wasn't as meaningless, but will also soon be forgotten.

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Lucia Graves

Medicare Expands Coverage To Help Seniors Quit Smoking

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Medicare coverage for seniors trying to quit smoking has been expanded to include those who have not already been diagnosed with a tobacco-related dis...

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Lucia Graves

Sebelius: Health Care Reform 'Puts Women Back In Control'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke Thursday afternoon at the annual luncheon for the National Partnership for Women a...

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Insurance Industry Agrees To Close Child Coverage Loophole

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — After battling President Barack Obama's health care overhaul the better part of a year, the insurance industry said Monday it won't...

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Ryan Grim

Sebelius To Insurers: It's Over, You Lost, Stop Looking For Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Sebelius warned the insurance industry Monday not to look for loopholes in health care legislation and informed it that she will be writing r...

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Kathleen Sebelius LIVE March 17 Health Care Q&A

Posted 05.25.2011

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is taking questions submitted by Americans from across the country on Wednesday. Users are invit...

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Jason Linkins

Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Tossed From AHIP Conference, Returns As Batman (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, our own Sam Stein reported that a crew from "The Daily Show" was out at the Ritz Carlton hotel, interviewing attendees of last week's AHIP ...

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Jason Linkins

Kathleen Sebelius Went Soft On Insurers, Not That Anyone Noticed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Sebelius's meeting with health insurance executives was pre-sold as something of an epic clash, with the HHS Secretary striding into the lion's den to battle the largest interest group arrayed against health care reform and to offer them some stark choices. Funny thing, though! The battle didn't exactly play out as expected. Sebelius deviated dramatically from the prepared remarks blasted around to reporters -- and at one key moment, rather than firing shots, Sebelius buckled.

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Sam Stein

Kathleen Sebelius Pushes Health Care Reform In Front Of Insurance Companies (SPEECH EXCERPTS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking before a crowd of insurance industry officials on Wednesday, President Obama's chief health care aide Kathleen Sebelius argued that they shou...

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Sebelius Expects Democratic Health Care Plan By Monday

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius stressed the importance of reaching an actionable plan for health care reform at a news conf...

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David Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

NPR | Weekend Edition Saturday | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Axelrod, President Obama's senior adviser, says the administration based its predictions about how many doses of the H1N1 vaccine would be avail...

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GOP, Democratic Senators Agree: Get Swine Flu Vaccination

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have recently spoken out against government direction on the H1N1 vaccine, saying that individual...

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Sebelius: No Public Abortion Funding In Health Care Bill

McClatchy | David Lightman | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pledged Sunday that President Barack Obama will support barring public funding for...

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Obama Doesn't Want Abortion Money In Health Care Reform

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the president supports language in health overhaul legislation that expl...

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Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Health Care Push

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ari Melber

It does seem like the August doldrums are renewing the progressive appetite for pushing Obama -- even the House Progressive Caucus is starting to channel its inner Evan Bayh and actually threaten to withhold votes.

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Sebelius Now Says Public Option Remains Obama's Goal

Columbus Dispatch | Joe Hallett | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a visit to the Ohio State University Medical Center today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reasserted the Obama Administratio...

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Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

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Sebelius Pushes Back: We Still Support The Public Option

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius played down her controversial comments on health care reform in a speech Tuesday. The former K...

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Sam Stein

White House Sends Health Care Message: More Needs To Be Done

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The message from the Obama White House as it pertained to health care reform was repeated ad-nauseum on Sunday: The president still wants bills out of...

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Sebelius Pressing Lawmakers On Health Care

AP | DAVID ESPO and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the ...

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Sebelius Health Secretary Confirmation Expected Today

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her in...

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GOP Still Filibustering Sebelius Despite Flu Outbreak

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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So Kathleen Sebelius will get her confirmation vote as Health and Human Services secretary tomorrow in the Senate -- but even with the flu outbreak, h...

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Sebelius Thursday Confirmation Vote Blocked By Senate Republicans

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his Cabinet. Senate Republicans refused today to allow a confirmation vote on his health s...

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Ryan Grim

Conservative Movement Throws Full Weight Against Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several key conservative movement leaders, in an attempt to jack up pressure against Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday, sent a memo to the Senate urging mem...

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Sebelius Pledges To Fight Health Care Fraud

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saying she'd be a tough enforcer, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday called for a crackdown o...

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