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Raising McCain on the Health Care Bill

15 hours ago ago from Discovery News

Sen. John McCain could have been Barack Obama's most effective buddy in the Senate if the new president had bothered to solicit his involvement in any number of fields, including health care. Whatever else he is, John McCain is a patriot who would have responded to a president asking to meet him half-way. The result on health care would have been a compromise bill that would have sailed through Congress with at least a number of Republican ...

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Why Can't Democrats Get Anything Right?

15 hours ago ago from rosweed

From Bill Moyers Journal. December 18, 2009 When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he had no shortage of challenges to address: an economy on the verge of complete meltdown, two wars, and a health care system so broken that 44,000 people a year die for lack of coverage in the wealthiest country in the world. Accordingly, President Obama laid out an ambitious agenda, counting on the strong Democratic ...

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Interstellar Health Care

18 hours ago ago from AMERICA-Where Are You?

Maybe when national universal health care fails, we'll be able to go international. Then interplanetary then interstellar! Why should I pay for my gall bladder surgery when some Venusian could? Eighty-five percent of Americans are happy with their health care, but Democrats have a plan to make it worse for more money. As a bonus, national health care will add trillions of dollars to the national debt, and your insurance rates will skyrocket. ...

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Senate Health Care Reform Bill – It’s a Sham!!!

22 hours ago ago from "It's Elementary, My Dear Watson!"

- Sen. Lindsey Graham gives scathing criticism of the Obama administration and the proposed Senate health care bill.

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Needed Health Care Expansion, Not the Needed Public Option Reforms

1 day ago ago from True News from ChangeNYC.Org

Needed Health Care Expansion Not the Needed Public Option Reforms Believe me that health care expansion saves lives and for that reason alone needs to pass, it does no reform the health care system or control costs. The NYT Paul Krugman right on the point today when he wrote "the need for 60 votes to cut off Senate debate and end a filibuster — a requirement that appears nowhere in the Constitution, but is simply a self-imposed rule — ...

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Roger Hickey: Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill. Improve It.

10 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

The blogosphere is aflame with debate over the Senate health care bill. I've just been sent 10 reasons (in one blog post) why progressives should kill the bill and start over in the battle to really reform health care. Administration spokespeople add fuel to the flames when they lecture critics on the left about how great the legislation is -- or dismissively explain to the media how the White House doesn't need progressives politically (and ...

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Americans' Views Of Health Care Steady This Year : NPR

6 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Americans' Views Of Health Care Steady This Year by The Associated Press text size A A A WASHINGTON December 22, 2009, 04:03 am ET The public's views on ...

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Health bill clears another hurdle in sunrise vote

38 minutes ago ago from NBC

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BBC News - President Barack Obama hails US Senate healthcare vote

21 hours ago ago from BBC

Healthcare reform is President Obama's main domestic priority US President Barack Obama has hailed the Senate's healthcare vote as a big victory for the American people . Senators voted in the early hours of Monday to end debate on a compromise bill, putting the legislation on course to face a final vote on Christmas Eve. President Obama has set health reform as a key plank of his first term. The legislation, which aims to cover 31 ...

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Obama: Vacation plans contingent on health care

1 hour, 25 minutes ago ago from U.S. News

Obama: Vacation plans contingent on health care WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his holiday plans depend on how soon the Senate can hold a final vote on its health care bill. The president and his family are expected to spend Christmas in Hawaii, though the White House has not confirmed their final plans. But the president says he wants to be in Washington to help solve any last minute problems that might arise in the health ...

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