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Health Lobby Fights Against Progress with $$$
Natural Health News —
Authority: 135
If you arent aware that the health insurance reform bills arent being bought, heres an update on how the battle is moving from Congress payoffs to the state level - " Insurance companies, hospitals and other health care interests have been positioning themselves in statehouses around the country to influence the ...4 hours ago -
Why Democrats are Eager to Tout Reforms "Immediate Benefits"
Swampland —
Authority: 726
Its becoming clear that, assuming it passes, Democratic health care reform will be a major issue in the 2010 congressional races. Several prominent Republicans – including Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey - are already advising GOP candidates to call for full repeal of the legislation. Democrats, meanwhile, are expected ...5 hours ago -
Stakeholders in Health Insurance Reform Debate Gave Big to Senators
Progressive News Daily —
Authority: 160
by Michael Beckel Open Secrets.org After nearly a year of debate, months of negotiations and major lobbying blitzes, the U.S. Senate on Christmas Eve passed their version of the major health insurance reform legislation. The final vote was 60-39. All 60 members of the Democratic caucus voted in favor of the ...5 hours ago -
Some States Fight Medicaid Expansion – Costs a Worry to All
Real Health Reform —
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One provision of health reform which has the states up in arms, for varying reasons, relates to the expansion of Medicaid coverage. First, the expansion creates a mandate by the federal government levied upon the states, since Medicaid is basically a 50/50 matching program of state and federal dollars. Second, ...13 hours ago -
Obama Continues to Defend Likely House Abandonment of Public Option Provision
DOCTOR PUNDIT —
Authority: 129
President Obama is already honing his skills in defending what will likely be his biggest domestic policy issue “win” for the foreseeable future — passage of the healthcare reform bill. Guess whom he’s attacking (throwing under the bus?) to get the job done — the progressive bloc of the Democratic party ...14 hours ago -
The next economic perfect storm - should start mid February.
InvestmentWatch —
Authority: 157
it may crush the existing structure of Fannie and Freddy and drag the economy further down, no matter how many dollars the fed throws at it here are the events: each individual event will have no visible effect, but combined will crash the economy: these are all pending events, many listed on MW as individual ...16 hours ago -
The President Gets It Wrong On the Excise Tax
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog —
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The President came close to endorsing the so-called "Cadillac tax" when he was interviewed about health reform on NPR . Heres what the President said when the subject came up: "Im on record as saying that taxing Cadillac plans that dont make people healthier, but just take more money out of their pockets because ...20 hours ago -
At Odds: Bishops Balk while Catholic Health Association Sees Benefit of Senate Bill
Womenstake —
Authority: 518
by Grace Lesser , Program Assistant, National Womens Law Center The Catholic Health Association (CHA), which represents hundreds of Catholic hospitals across the country, indicated this week that it would support the abortion compromise language in the Senate health care reform bill. Defecting from the hard line ...23 hours ago -
Republicans try and fail to justify voting for Medicare Part D
Ezra Klein —
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Charles Babington of the AP thinks back to the long-ago days of 2003, and the Medicare drug benefit that the then-dominant Republicans passed into law. Better yet, he asks some of them about it, and gets some rather peculiar responses in return. When Republicans controlled the House, Senate and White House in ...1 day ago -
Letters: Cancer Care: Deciding Where to Go
NYT > Theater —
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‘Cadillac’ tax isn’t a tax — it’s a plan to finance real health reform – Washington Post
Memmis.com News Agency —
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Reuters Cadillac tax isnt a tax -- its a plan to finance real health reform Washington Post As we prepare for the final round of debate over health reform, perhaps the most contentious issue will be financing. Both the Senate and House agree that most of the financing for reform should come from ...1 day ago -
On Demand
Kmareka.com —
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I was visiting a nice elderly lady and she had a poster on her wall soliciting donations to stop ‘abortion on demand’. It’s the kind of phrase like ’strident feminist’ that bursts into the conversation ready for a fight. Let’s be realistic. You don’t get your teeth cleaned ‘on demand’. If you ...1 day ago -
The health reform bills are just another bailout for financials.
InvestmentWatch —
Authority: 157
Compulsory Private Health Insurance: Just Another Bailout of the Financial Sector? Ellen Brown Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago: “Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an ...1 day ago -
WILL GOP CAMPAIGN ON REPEALING HEALTH REFORM?
THE COMMON PROGRESSIVE —
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As Democrats bask in the victory of moving closer to passing health reform, Republicans are wasting no time in finding ways in which they can use the issue as a wedge for their next campaign. Republican Majority leader Mitch McConnell has hinted this week that Republicans may be willing to go so far as to campaign on ...2 days ago -
Health Reform Subsidy Calculator (How much will you pay, how much goverment subsidy will you get?)
Stupidica —
Authority: 177
Interactive calculator. Plug in the numbers, see what you get. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism2 days ago -
Top 3 BMW Videos of 2009 Revisited
Bob McCarty Writes —
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Because we live in a visual world, I began producing more videos this year than ever before. Based on YouTube viewer stats, below are the Top 3 videos I produced this year followed by links to the posts where each video appeared at BobMcCarty.com:ObamaCare Supporter Punches Man, 67, Over Sign He Carried at ...2 days ago -
Hey, Health Legislators: Want to reduce Medicare spending? Reduce poverty!
SF Gray Panthers —
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Physicians and Health Care Reform, December 25, 2009 Dear Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi Provisions in the Senate and House health care reform bills propose to reallocate resources based on geographic differences in Medicare spending. While well intended, they will penalize providers who care for the poor and ...2 days ago -
Representative Democracy vs. the Senate filibuster
Tony's curricublog —
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In his Washington Sketch column Monday, Dec. 21, Dana Milbank writes about “An ugly finale for health-care reform”:At 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon — nine hours before the 1 a.m. vote that would effectively clinch the legislation’s passage — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) went to the Senate floor to propose a prayer. ...2 days ago -
Democrats See GOP Double Standard in Disapproval of Latter with Reform Bill
DOCTOR PUNDIT —
Authority: 129
When the GOP play hardball — they really, really do. Back in 2003, when George W. Bush’s plan to expand Medicare to include the Part D drug benefit as part of the Medicare Modernization Act, Republican senators — in a legislative branch controlled by that party — gave no second thought to the increase in ...3 days ago -
CEOs Corner: Why Health Care Reform Makes Dialysis Firm DaVita Nervous
DailyFinance —
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Now that President Obamas landmark health-care legislation has cleared both the U.S. Senate and House, many patients and businesses are seeking clues on how the final outcome could hit their wallets. With key differences in each bill, the legislation must be merged before Obama can sign off on it. Continue reading ...3 days ago
