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Boehner Scales Back GOP Health Care Bill
After months of debate within Republican ranks, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is finally about to release his health care bill, but the outline he gave reporters does little to cover the tens of millions of Americans without health insurance.
Obama: 'This is a Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill'
abcnews.go.com — President says there's still work to be done on health care legislation passed by House.... (more) Obama: 'This is a Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill'
GOP Set to Propose Its Own Health Bill
online.wsj.com — Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader Boehner said.... (more) GOP Set to Propose Its Own Health Bill
Boehner Won’t Pledge To Offer GOP Health Care Plan, Refuses To Post It Online If He Does
Boehner Won’t Pledge To Offer GOP Health Care Plan, Refuses To Post It Online If He Does
thinkprogress.org — Republicans have been insisting for months that Democrats are shoving a secret bill down the throats of... the American public. The health reform legislation “should be posted online for 72 hours so members and the American people get a chance to see ... (more) Boehner Won’t Pledge To Offer GOP Health Care Plan, ...
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Despite Rhetoric About Preexisting Conditions, Boehner’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Bar Denials
Think Progress — ... Roll Call points out, however, that “most states have such pools, but they often are much more expensive than regular insurance and have had only limited success in reducing the ranks of the uninsured.” President Obama and the Senate Finance Committee have also embraced increased funding for high risk pools, but ...

Promises Broken: House GOP Plan Doesn't Bar Discrimination For Pre-Existing Conditions
Fired Up! Missouri — ... Roll Call points out, however, that “most states have such pools, but they often are much more expensive than regular insurance and have had only limited success in reducing the ranks of the uninsured.” President Obama and the Senate Finance Committee have also embraced increased funding for high risk pools, but ...

The Republicans Have A Healthcare Reform Bill! Sort of.
Daily Kos — ... Well, the House Republicans do. And it's not so much reform, really. The Senate Republicans are still apparently planning to rely on their fallback position of obstructing the Democrats, but the Republicans finally put their "eight or nine" ideas to paper [sub. req]. ...

Boehner Cooks Up Excuses for a Really Bad Bill
Daily Kos — ... Boehner cried foul, insisting that this unauthorized leak was of a draft bill that wasn't finalized and hadn't been seen by members. Just a quick reminder of the reaction in the media to Boehner's bill. Here's what the original WSJ article reported: A House Republican health-care bill wouldn't seek to prevent health-insurance companies from denying sick people insurance, Minority Leader John Boehner said Monday. And here's Roll Call: Under the GOP plan, insurance companies would ...

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