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18 hours ago ago from Seeing Red AZ
Calling the health care overhaul legislation, “Completely reckless, completely irresponsible,” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said, This bill is a monstrosity. This is not renaming the post office. Make no mistake this bill will reshape our nation and our lives. After allowing his pivotal vote to be secured for a price, hold-out/sell-out Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), said, Change is never easy, but change is what's necessary in ...
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23 hours ago ago from Australia India Sri Lanka South Asia News
With the last Democratic holdout on health care throwing his support behind a reform bill, hopes were raised for final passage by Christmas of President Barack Obama’s top domestic policy priority that its Republican critic said will reshape our nation and our lives . Senator Ben Nelson’s support Saturday assured the party the crucial backing it needed to avoid a Republican filibuster that would prevent a Senate vote. Asked if he had ...
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11 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is marching toward a Christmas Eve vote on the biggest health-care legislation since the passage of Medicare 45 years ago, and its version is likely to form the template for the final bill that President Barack Obama hopes to sign next month. The White House and Senate leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they have the 60 votes in the Senate needed to overcome Republican opposition and pass a bill estimated to ...
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3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Not surprisingly, progressives are disappointed at the turn the battle over health care reform has taken. The Senate is considering a bill that is much watered down even from the House-passed bill, which also left a lot to be desired. While both would add 30 million or more Americans to the roles of the insured, provide subsidies to make coverage affordable for many of them, and prohibit insurers from discriminating against people with ...
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I've been spending much time recently with primary care physicians across Chicago. Interspersed with the work, I hear many stories about the difficulties experienced by urban low-income patients. There was the man with diabetes who was uninsured until age 65. Thanks to Medicare, he now gets excellent care. That won't restore the sight he lost to diabetic retinopathy a few years ago. There were the uninsured women whose metastatic breast ...
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