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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/13/2009

Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill

— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 10:00 a.m.: We're moments away from the start of the last Senate Finance Committee hearing on health... care reform. Check in here for continuous updates until the vote, which may not come until the afternoon. 10:37 a.m. : Quoth Hatch, "It is ... (more) Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill

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healthcareforamericanow.org - 10/19/2009

New Report: Kennedy HELP Bill Makes Good Health Care More Affordable Than Senate Finance Bill

— healthcareforamericanow.org — The U.S. Senate is preparing to debate health care reform legislation. In fashioning the bill that goes... to the floor, Senate leaders will be choosing from the two bills that passed the committees of jurisdiction One of the bills will make health care ... (more) New Report: Kennedy HELP Bill Makes Good Health Care ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/13/2009

The Senate Finance Committee Vote: 13-10 or 14-9?

— voices.washingtonpost.com — The Senate Finance Committee votes on health-care reform today, and the question isn't whether the bill will... pass. It's the margin by which it passes. The big question mark is Olympia Snowe: She's been given virtually everything she asked for. ... (more) The Senate Finance Committee Vote: 13-10 or 14-9?

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Serves’em Right
Vodkapundit — ... The next Democrat complaining about Ayn Rand’s wordiness should be slapped upside the head with the Senate’s health care bill. ...

Surprise: Democrat Health Care Bill Weighs In At A Hefty 1,502 Pages
Say Anything — As Allah points out, “At a steady clip of two minutes per page, working a full eight-hour day, you’d be through it in just under a week.” But don’t start reading yet (though if you do want to it’s here).  It’s going to change, because now the real legislating begins! The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the divisions among Democrats over the direction of reform. The massive, 1,500 page ...

SENATE HEALTH BILL: 1502 pages of hilarity. Or tragedy, whatever. But hey, if you read 20 pages a…
Instapundit — ... SENATE HEALTH BILL: 1502 pages of hilarity. Or tragedy, whatever. But hey, if you read 20 pages an hour, you’ll be done in just over 75 hours. No stopping to rest your eyes . . . ...

Good news: Baucus’s ObamaCare bill clocks in at a cool 1,502 pages
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... At a steady clip of two minutes per page, working a full eight-hour day, you’d be through it in just under a week . Seems like a good time to start a pool on how long the final bill will be after amendments, mergers with other drafts, etc. Pencil me in for 1,830 pages. Do I hear 2,000? The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the divisions among Democrats over the direction of reform. The massive, 1,500 page bill is expected to serve as the backbone for Democratic reform efforts going forward and ...

1,502 Pages all dedicated to making your next doctor … [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — … a civil servant . That is, if there are enough doctors to go around, and if you’re not over 65, and … Oh.joy. The massive, 1,500 page bill is expected to serve as the backbone for Democratic reform efforts going forward and five senators expressed concerns about one of its main provisions, a 40 percent tax on high-end insurance plans. The tax is designed to pay for reform and lower costs by making the so-called Cadillac plans less attractive for insurers to offer. Under the bill, a plan that costs an individual more than $8,000 and a family more than $21,000 annually would ...

links for 2009-10-19
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: sarah_palin Mitt_Romney mike_huckabee) Obamacare: Senate Finance Committee bill has been filed -1,502 pages The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely ...

Links for 2009-10-19 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... just after finishing the half-marathon in 1:53:37, Harshbarger said. It was unclear whether Brown and Langdon were participating in the 13.1-mile half marathon or the full race. Harshbarger told the Free Press that there were at least six medical stations on the race course and that emergency personnel were on the scene within seconds. Every runner must sign a medical release form, and they are encouraged to talk to their doctors before they run the race, Harshbarger said. Obamacare: Senate Finance Committee bill has been filed -1,502 pages The Senate ...

Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, October 20, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... Top headline based on newspaper's own polling Politico: 1,502 page Senate Finance Committee health bill is (finally) filed Boston Globe: ...

The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Note — ... Press' Lara Jakes: "Gates: Disputed US base likely to stay on Okinawa" LINK HEALTH CARE: ABC News’ Gary Langer: “POLL: Obama Holds Steady on Health Reform” LINK ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “New Poll: Public Option Up… GOP Down” LINK Politico’s Glenn Thrush: “Tensions rise among Senate Dem leaders” LINK Politico’s Staff: “Finance Committee bill has been filed” LINK The Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Jon Cohen: “Public option gains support” LINK ...

The public option lives
Tertium Quids — The Senate Finance committee has posted its version of the health care bill . Politico says its 1502 pages long. More than my edition of "War and Peace." It won't have the drama or Napoleon, but it will deliver similar levels of pain and pathos. At least, while it lasts: It's important to remember that the bill won't exist in this form for long. Senate Majority Leader Reid and Sens. Max Baucus and Chris Dodd along with senior White House aides are merging the Finance and Health Committee legislation into one bill that will be considered on the floor of the Senate. The ...

The “vapor bill” materializes, but don’t spend too much reading it
Michelle Malkin — ... in PDF form. But don’t invest too much time reading it. Because in its typically non-transparent way, it’ll be melded, molded, and amended behind closed doors: It’s important to remember that the bill won’t exist in this form for long. Senate Majority Leader Reid and Sens. Max Baucus and Chris Dodd along with senior White House aides are merging the Finance and Health Committee legislation into one bill that will be considered on the floor of the Senate. The behind-closed-doors dealings have drawn criticism from Republicans, particularly because President Obama had promised a ...

Headlines of the Day - the world is upside down
Peoples Press Collective — ... in PDF form. But don’t invest too much time reading it.Because in its typically non-transparent way, it’ll be melded, molded, and amended behind closed doors: ...

Read the Health Care Bill
The Volokh Conspiracy — It’s just over 1,500 pages.  Have fun!

Solutions: Then and Now
Conservative Punk — ... that has lasted 222 years thus far. Today, we have a deliberative body of 535 people, debating one of the most superficial issues of our time; how to extend medical insurance coverage to a small minority of Americans. We’ve sat for almost a year as our representatives have engaged in back door dealings with special interests, less than truthful media campaigns, personal attacks on one another, and political back scratching. What we’ve gotten as a result of this deliberation is 1,500 pages of legal tedium that’s impenetrable to nearly everyone, including, in all likelihood, ...

Read the damned bill
Hyscience — ... Read the 1500 page health-care bill here, then tell your senator to do the same. They need to know what's really going on. ...