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• The public option and healthcare costs

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 119
  By Kester FreemanRetired CEO, Palmetto HealthEach month our blog team meets and as former hospital CEOs, we discuss some of the latest issues impacting the world of nonprofit hospitals and medical centers. We want to let you in on the conversation!Below you can read an excerpt from our most recent meeting:Kester ...
  3 hours ago

• Aetna Dropping 600,000+ Customers to Raise Profits

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  Public option, anyone ? Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations.... "The pricing we put in place for 2009 turned out to not really be what we needed to achieve the results and ...
  6 hours ago

• Amendment Improves Health Insurance Plans for Women

  
  Natural Remedy for Yeast Infection — Authority: 142
  Although the Senate seems to have been debating healthcare reform proposals for months, it only had its first health insurance-related vote on Thursday. Democratic Sen. Barbara Mukulski’s women’s health amendment passed with a solid majority. The legislation has the potential to improve the care many women receive ...
  7 hours ago

• Dodd, Mikulski and Brown Ask to be Added to Coburn Public Option Amendment

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 438
  From The Hill, Brown calling their bluff : Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and David Vitter (R-La.) are preparing an amendment to force members of Congress into any public option health plan that becomes law, frustrating at least one Senate Democrat who wants to join the effort. From the Senate floor, Sen. Dodd tells ...
  8 hours ago

• Cruise Hospitals Not So Far-Fetched After All

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 440
  Eleven days ago, I asked the question, Will Medical Tourism Industry Realize Benefits From Passage of Government-Run Health Care Bill? In that post, I wrote the following:Considering the possibilities, I conceived that the most likely ObamaCare-induced scenario would involve cruise ships that would otherwise have ...
  8 hours ago

• Durbin: Abortion critical hurdle to health bill passage

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 613
  Durbin WASHINGTON — They may have a filibuster-proof 60 votes, but finding agreement among themselves is proving to be a significant obstacle as Democrats plod toward pre-Christmas passage of their health insurance overhaul. Dispute within their ranks over the public option is well-known but reaching ...
  9 hours ago

• Brown: No More Public Option Negotiations

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  Sherrod Brown continues to show remarkable faith in his colleagues. One of the most dogged public option advocates in the Senate--and a key liaison between progressives and leadership--says no way, no how to yet another compromise. "Theres no negotiations as far as Im concerned," insisted Sen. Sherrod Brown ...
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• Craziest Republican of the Day: Tom Coburn

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 575
  By Michael J.W. Stickings For saying this : We need to start over. We need to fix whats really wrong in health care and we need to protect whats really great. Whats really great is if youre really sick anywhere in the world, this is the best place to be sick, it just costs too much. Tell that to the ...
  11 hours ago

• Senate Guarantee of Mammograms

  
  MyDocHub Blog - Online Health Community — Authority: 124
  The guarantee of mammograms is a no-brainer that should be done. With this newly approved amendment to its massive healthcare reform bill, this would guarantee coverage of much-debated mammograms and other preventive screenings for women without any cost-sharing on their part. For once, politicians are beginning ...
  12 hours ago

• List of Women’s Organizations Working To Stop Stupak And Protect Women’s Health Care

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 544
  Via the Women’s Media Center, here is a list of organizations working to make sure that women’s health care is not thrown under the bus in the health care bill now being debated: Coalition to Pass Health Care Reform and Stop Stupak! Planned Parenthood Statement by PPFA Cecile ...
  13 hours ago

• Senate Passes Amendment that Could Mandate Abortion Coverage in Insurance Plans

  
  Hawaii Right to Life — Authority: 135
  By John Jalsevac December 3, 2009 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Senate on Thursday approved the Mikulski amendment by a vote of 61-39 . All Republicans except Senators Vitter, Snowe and Collins voted against the amendment, and all Independents and Democrats except Senators Nelson (NE) and Feingold ...
  18 hours ago

• Crusading Professor Challenges Dartmouth Atlas On Claims Of Wasteful Health Care Spending

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 124
  The Obama administration demands four cornerstones of healthcare reform: (1) a Medicare cost-containment Commission , (2) taxing high-cost private insurance , (3) reform of medical payment incentives, and (4) deficit reduction. Each of these cornerstones has serious potential to reduce our health coverage, while the ...
  1 day ago

• Snowe, Lincoln, and Landrieus Move to Weaken Insurance Regulation

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  These are the last three Reid should be trying to work out a public option compromise with. Via Jon Walker , Politico is reporting on an amendment by Snowe, Lincoln, and Landrieu to basically eliminate state regulations on what insurance companies must cover. Jon: SA 2859 Snowe/Landrieu/Lincoln – ...
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• The Policy Angle: Why We Need the Public Option

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  It seems to be "give up on the public option week" in segments of the blogosphere. Yglesias talks about the Public Option Pragmatists , with support from Steve Benen , using Chris Bowers sincere change of heart as the basis for giving up. Ezra climbs on board , and Josh Marshall continues the narrative he ...
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• Barbara Ehrenreich, The Swine Flu Vaccine Screw-up

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 124
  Tom Dispatch posted 2009-11-03 16:27:36 Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, Why Your Child May Not Get a Swine Flu Shot Soon This week, the Obama White House released a very partial record of those who had visited since January 20, 2009. This it hailed as “transparency like you’ve never seen it before” and ...
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• Don’t blog about it. BE about it. A reminder to participate in politics

  
  Jack & Jill Politics — Authority: 618
  Hey fam. I decided to drop a video message because I wanted you to see and hear what I’m talking about. One of the best parts of blogging here was the ability, not just to write about what’s going on politically but to participate in those goings on and share those stories so others might act as well. I miss that. ...
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• Public Option Still Popular: New Poll Says 60 Percent Want It

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  A new Thompson-Reuters survey on healthcare reform shows sustained public support for the public option. Sixty percent of survey respondents said they believe a public option should be included in final healthcare reform legislation. Only about one in five, however, believes the cost, quality or value of care ...
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• Health Insurance Industry Contributions to Senators Listed

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  Is this partially the reason we have so many millionaires in Congress and does it have any influence on the Senate version of the healthcare reform bill?  I realize this is just one entity as there are others who contribute as well, but the antitrust laws and insurance company exclusions are a hot topic right now ...
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• Achieving universal healthcare

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 119
  By Mike StephensRetired CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianAnyone who has read my posts knows I believe there is a great deal this country can learn from the experience of other countries and our own states when it comes to  confronting the conundrum of expanding health insurance coverage. We may not agree with ...
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• Revolution 21

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 139
  Most people dont vote on ideological grounds -- they vote because they think they will get something from government. This is the way weve been trained -- how will the candidate I vote for help me. There are a relative few who vote for politicians who will support an ideology, half of the people dont vote, and the ...
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