online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
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Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle accepted Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
rollcall.com - 11/19/2008
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rollcall.com —
Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has
been offered the job of Health and Human Services
secretary by President-elect Barack Obama and has accepted the job, according to a Democratic source close to Daschle.
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Obama Taps Daschle for HHS
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
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prospect.org —
CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not
only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also
health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ...
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TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
CHICAGO (CNN) — Three sources close to the
transition and in a position to know tell CNN
that former Sen. Tom Daschle is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services and the former Senate Majority Leader has ...
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Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services
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HHS Sec-to-be Daschle's plan for health care: A magic board, just like the Fed
Corrente —
Via The Glob and the WSJ Daschle is Obama's pick for HHS. Here are Daschle's views on health care solutions, via PNHP:
Daschle’s solution lies in the Federal Reserve Board, which has overseen the equally complicated financial system with great success. A Fed-like health board would offer a public framework within which a private health-care system can operate more effectively and efficiently — insulated from political pressure yet accountable to elected officials and the American people. Daschle argues that this independent board would create ...
jesus was a carpenter but obama builds cabinets
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... secondly, obama has tapped the least effective senate majority leader since...well, since ever, to head up his health & human services dept. wsj: ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Napolitano will be Obama's head of homeland security.
Daschle in at HHS.
The Bush recession is so awesome.
Kaleefornia Supreme Court to review Prop. 8 challenge.
MN Senate recount begins.
Early voting in the Chambliss-Martin runoff has begun.
DL Hughley punks Bay Buchanan.
Why BushCo blinked on agreement with Iraq.
Bringing all the healthcare pieces together
Political Animal —
... If anything, this announcement is the latest sign that health care reform has serious political momentum heading into 2009. The insurance industry wouldn't be taking this position if its representatives didn't believe that the odds of universal health care passing are pretty good -- and that they are better off trying to shape the plan from the inside than fight it, unsuccessfully, from the outside. It's also worth keeping the larger dynamic in mind. The Wall Street Journal has a good piece today, noting that an overhaul appears increasingly likely thanks to the multiple, ...
Health Insurance Industry Offers Conditional Support To Accepting All Customers
TPM Election Central —
... One other interesting dynamic at play that has reform advocates cheery is that a wide variety of the other interest groups that also moved to sink Hillarycare want reform to succeed this time, for a whole bunch of different reasons. ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... - Washington Post This Time, Health Revamp Has Wings - Wall Street Journal - Michael O'Brien
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It doesn’t come as a shock to see that Tom Daschle will be tapped as HHS Secretary . The more interesting news is the notion that Daschle “will also reportedly be given a policy portfolio that stretches beyond the department in order ...
Linda Daschle quitting lobby firm —
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From NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Michelle PerryNBC NEWS has confirmed with Linda Daschle, Tom Daschle’s wife, that she is leaving her lobbying firm where she has specialized in aviation and defense issues at the end of the year. She is starting her own ...