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Health and Health Care Costs
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 5/5/2009
Health and Health Care Costs
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Ezra Klein had an interesting post yesterday taking on the question of whether or not healthier lifestyles reduce health care costs . I think you can probably sum this up by saying: “it depends.” What it depends on can get very complicated. But I think it’s probably best ...

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Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care
nytimes.com - 5/4/2009
Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care
— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — In an effort to defuse the most explosive issue in the debate over comprehensive health care legislation, a top Senate Democrat has proposed that any new government-run insurance program comply with all the rules and standards that apply ... (more) Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care

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whitehouse.gov - 5/4/2009
Health Care
— whitehouse.gov — Health Care"I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of ... (more) Health Care

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time.com - 5/4/2009
The Health Care Talks: Will Obama Get More Involved?
— time.com — As some Democrats fear talks on a health-care bill are drifting, the President may need to take a more active role (more) The Health Care Talks: Will Obama Get More Involved?

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Did Chuck Schumer Just Give Away the “Public Health Plan”?
Firedoglake — ... is a Public Plan Not a Public Plan? Wonk Room, Schumer Explains How He Would Level the Playing Field . . . Physicians for a National Health Program, Senator Bauchus Repects Our Views Health Care for America Now, Senator Schumer's Health Care "Compromise": Don't Freak Out! The Hill, Liberal Senators tout public health insurance SEIU: Senator Schumer: Competition Works for Health Care Matthew Yglesias, Health and Health Care Costs (h/t for link to the Commonwealth Fund Chart) ...

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