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3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) formally announced on Sunday that he would support the Senate's final version of health care reform. But in doing so he cast blame for the loss of a public option for insurance coverage partially on the president's shoulders and urged House and Senate negotiators to re-insert the government-run plan back into the legislation during conference committee. From the Wisconsin Democrat's press office came the ...
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21 hours ago ago from U.S. News
What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me? The answer is: It depends. On your age and household income. Whether you own a business and whether it's big or small. Whether you're insured now and who provides that insurance. In the end, it will depend on how House and Senate negotiators will merge the proposals, and how their vision ...
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9 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
The New Republic : Now that the core demand of progressives has been removed from the Senate health care bill--namely, the public health insurance option--should progressives continue to support the effort? For me, the question is particularly difficult. I have been the thinker most associated with the public option, which I've long argued is essential to ensuring accountability from private insurers and long-term cost control. I was ...
Related contentSen. Nelson Now Supports Health Care Bill, Provides 60th Vote
12 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks
Senator Ben Nelson, who had been holding out on voting for health care, finally agreed to go along and vote yes . Nelson, a right-to-life supporter, gained some concessions to limit the availability of abortions in insurance sold in newly created exchanges. Of course he was paid off. He got tens of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid funds for his home state. He also noted that he had fended off attempts to provide for government-run ...
Related contentHarold Pollack: Some unsolicited advice for Howard Dean, and for President Obama, too
2 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
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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