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Obama’s Critical Health Care Speech – 09-09-09

17 hours ago ago from videobabble.com

{Part II} President Obama's Critical Health Care Speech CLOSING 09-09-09 Obama: No one should go broke because they got sick' President Obama defended his proposal for government-run public health insurance as an option for consumers, saying it would force private insurers lower costs. But Obama, speaking now to a joint session of Congress, called the provision one alternative for increasing competition for health insurance and signaled his ...

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Gregg Writes Obama in Advance of Bipartisan Health Meeting

8 hours ago ago from S E N A T U S

In advance of the February 25 th White House health care summit, Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) has written a letter to President Obama outlining his own health reform proposal and discussing the possibility of bipartisanship. An excerpt: The current state of our nation’s health care system, as well as growing concern over the reform measures that have passed the House and Senate, warrant a reset of our stalled health care debate so we ...

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So Sarah Reads Her Palm, Obama’s Still in the Game

18 hours ago ago from James\' Ramblings

I haven't done a political post in a while, so here we go! My first point will be conservative. My second will be liberal. 1. So Sarah Palin reads notes off of her palm. Big deal! If I could read a word off my palm and deliver an eloquent, articulate commentary (as she did), then I'd say I'm doing pretty good! 2. A few days ago, Barack Obama said that the health care bill might fail. But here's why I admire him: he's not giving up ...

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Is Obama Backing Away from Universal Health Coverage?

5 hours ago ago from Verum Serum

Count me among those who believe the President will do everything within his power, including supporting the use of budget reconciliation, to push the existing health reform legislation to the finish line in Congress. Making only whatever alterations are necessary in order to forge a compromise between the House and Senate, and to garner the 51 votes needed in the Senate to pass a reconciliation bill. Once passed, this legislation is expected ...

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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries

11 hours ago ago from schoolsachieve

While mainstream news coverage is still a youth source of info for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs must become a significant character of the media landscape, many times presenting chic perspectives on policy issues and picture heed to under the control of-reported topics. To require unreduced coverage of health policy issues, the Kaiser Regular Robustness Approach Report offers readers a window into ...

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S. Ward Casscells, MD: Americans Have a Prescription for Congressional Health Care Delirium

13 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

With their metaphors as mixed as their messages, some Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are scrambling to pass health care reform this week, while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D, NV) says, "We're not on health reform now," and Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus (D, MT) says it can wait until summer. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs disputes the assessment of Senator Mary Landrieu (D, LA) that health care reform "is ...

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Is Obama Playing Poker with This Health Care Summit?

1 hour, 36 minutes ago ago from Politics Daily

During a surprise visit to the White House briefing room on Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama noted that "the public has soured on the process" that has produced separate-but-close Senate and House versions of health care reform legislation. And this souring, he said, "actually contaminates how [Americans] view the substance of the bills." Consequently, the president added, the bipartisan health care reform summit the White House is ...

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Republicans Should 'Put Up' or 'Shut Up' on Health Care Reform

1 day ago ago from BlackVoices

Now is the time for Republicans to put up or shut up when it comes to health care reform . President Barack Obama has invited Republicans to serve up their solutions to one of this country's most enduring problems on national television. According to the Associated Press: In the first major move to jump-start his health care agenda after his party's loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, Obama on Sunday invited GOP and Democratic ...

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How Health Overhaul Would Affect The Uninsured : NPR

9 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 How Health Overhaul Would Affect The Uninsured by Christopher Weaver text size A A A February 9, 2010 As Democrats have pushed for a comprehensive overhaul ...

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Obama Says Both Sides Have To Give On Health Care : NPR

16 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 Obama Says Both Sides Have To Give On Health Care by The Associated Press text size A A A WASHINGTON February 9, 2010, 02:04 pm ET President Barack Obama's says ...

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