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At a confirmation hearing, Tom Daschle said the task had become more urgent because of the recession. >
washingtontimes.com - 1/8/2009
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By: kltuttle They should call it 'Health Care
for Friends'. If you have the power to decide
who gets health care and who does not, friends get health care and nasty people you do not like and would rather they died anyway, do not. December 28, 2008 at ...
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CANNON: Avoiding health-care chaos
online.wsj.com - 1/8/2009
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TOM PRICE Perhaps the greatest missed opportunity of
the past eight years was the chance for Republicans
to fundamentally reform the terribly broken American health-care system. Access to quality health care has long been a professed priority, yet ...
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Opinion: Fight Obama on Health Care
thegspot.typepad.com - 1/7/2009
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By Kathy G.By now you've probably heard the
news. Tom Geoghegan* -- author, labor lawyer, and all-round
mensch -- is running for Congress. With Rahm Emanuel's departure to join Barack Obama's White House, his Congressional seat in Illinois's Fifth ...
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Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington
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Odds And Ends, Let The Confirmation Hearings Begin
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... Confirmation hearings for Pres.-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet commenced today with Tom Daschle's appearance in front of his former colleagues. The HHS Sec nom cautioned that "as we face a harsh and deep recession, the problem of the uninsured is likely to grow." ...
Working Too Closely With Republicans Is Toxic For Obama's Plans To Reform Health Care-- And Unhealthy For Americans
DownWithTyranny! —
... This looks like such a nice headline, doesn't it?-- Daschle Pledges a Bipartisan Reform of Health Care System. It isn't; instead, taken on face value at least, it's a disaster. As Jane Hamsher pointed out in her ...
On Health Reform Process, Daschle Demurs
TPM Election Central —
... Buried in today's New York Times piece on Tom Daschle's confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee is a possible revelation on his plans for passing health care reform this year. ...
No Revolution for the Health Czar
The Moderate Voice —
... As Tom Daschle was explaining his goals as the new “health czar” at a Senate confirmation hearing, one metaphor for the failed system was looking down at him from the dais. ...
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