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U.S. Senate Passes Stripped Down Health Care Reform Bill
21 hours ago ago from The Feldman Blog Commentary & Journalistic Satire (And a bit of media advice to boot)
So much for true health care reform. The Democrats in the U.S. Senate are congratulating one another for a job well done because they managed to pass something they can call health care reform. And, in many ways, it is certainly that. But it is a far cry from what the President said he wanted when he ran for office, and even from what the more liberal wing of the Democratic party said we needed in order to make health care reform ...
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5 hours ago ago from PHYSICIANS and HEALTH CARE REFORM Commentaries and Controversies
Provisions in the Senate and House health care reform bills that attempt to reallocate resources based on geographic differences in Medicare spending. While well intended, they will penalize providers who care for the poor and impair access for these vulnerable patients. The general approach of reallocating resources in this manner has been endorsed by members of Congress from states with lower Medicare spending. They believe that ...
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17 hours ago ago from ALLENEWS.com - Breaking News, News Online, Current News
After numerous heated debates for twenty-four days, the Senate has finally passed the health care reform bill, on a 60-39 vote. Ninety-nine senators converged early morning of December 24 inside the Chamber of the Senate to cast their votes for or against the bill. This marks the first time Senate voted on Christmas Eve since 1895. This was a huge success for Democrats after diligently rallying to approve the legislation. Senate Majority ...
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10 hours ago ago from Get Free Quotes
After a hospital stay, it is a good idea to review your bill line by line. There are often errors made and they can be corrected, especially if you approach it in a positive manner. We all have heard the horror stories of $75 aspirins being administered, and it is those stories that cause some distrust in hospitals. One young nurse recently had an eye opening experience as she was reviewing the bills from her husband's recent hospital ...
Related contentUnderstanding Obama's 2009 Health Care Reform Plan - What's in it for You and How Much Will it Cost Tax Payers
11 hours ago ago from Saving to Inve$t
[Updated August 2009] Confused about the Obama health care plan and where it is at? Well, you can join millions of other's in this boat. Despite all the media coverage many Americans are still not sure what Obama's health care reform is about and this makes them wary of supporting it. Today the main version (there are many in Congress) was passed by a Senate committee and will be sent to Congress for further review and approval. Senate ...
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Peter Dreier: Pass the Health Care Bill
15 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
There are many lessons to learn from the health care war that has raged over the past year. We'll get to some of them below. But here's the bottom line: Pass the bill, then improve it. The health care bill that will emerge from the House-Senate conference committee won't be what most progressives had hoped for, but it is a major, historic turning point in American social reform legislation, comparable to the Social Security Act, the ...
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15 hours ago ago from NBC
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14 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Look for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to try to circumvent the traditional conference committee process by which the different versions of health care reform passed by each house will be reconciled. If so, it will be the latest example of violating principles of transparency and accountability in the single-minded pursuit of legislative victory. Conferences involving members from both houses are messy ...
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21 hours ago ago from NPR
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23 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Senate OK's health care bill in victory for Obama WASHINGTON (AP) -- Months ago, a delegation of Republican senators went to the White House with a request for President Barack Obama to take a more gradual approach to health care. He demurred, according to one official familiar with the meeting, saying that's not what he promised when he ran for the White House. Now, with multiple trade-offs made, Obama and his Democratic allies stand one ...
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