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prospect.org - 5/11/2009

IS THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ON OBAMA'S SIDE? IS OBAMA ON THE HEALTH CARE ...

— prospect.org — Jon Cohn is enthused . Paul Krugman is excited . Maybe I'm just churlish. Maybe I'm getting... cranky as I age. But I can't shake my skepticism about today's big health care announcement. First, the announcement : At about 12:30 today, ... (more) IS THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ON OBAMA'S SIDE? IS OBAMA ON ...

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online.wsj.com - 5/11/2009

Health-Care Providers Pledge to Try to Curb Costs

— online.wsj.com — JANET ADAMY WASHINGTON -- Major health-care providers are planning to pledge Monday to President Barack Obama that... they will work to reduce cost increases in the nation's health-care system by $2 trillion over the next decade, officials said. The move ... (more) Health-Care Providers Pledge to Try to Curb Costs

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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 5/11/2009

Health Care Industry Letter Challenges The CBO To Find Savings

— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — This year’s effort to reform health care is the year of strange bedfellow coalitions. A number of... of industry-union-consumer group alliances like Better Health Care Together, Divided We Fail, The Health Care Dialogue and more, have already ... (more) Health Care Industry Letter Challenges The CBO To Find ...

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Healthcare stakeholders huddle at White House today
News — ... over the behavior of AHIP and other groups is becoming louder by the day. The event will also give lawmakers in Congress political cover for proposing bolder changes to the payment and delivery systems–the kind that might make reform seem more affordable, at least in the eyes of the all-important Congressional Budget Office. Marc Ambinder: This is big — and I'm not talking about the news. I'm talking about the dealmaking between unions, corporations, the health insurance companies and hospitals. And there all going to be at the White House tomorrow. What's the bottom line ...

Health care reform takes an encouraging turn
Political Animal — ... implications for the national economy and the federal budget, both of which are significantly affected by health-care expenses. [...] "I don't think there can be a more significant step to help struggling families and the federal budget," a senior administration official said in a conference call with reporters. These are, of course, some of the very same health industry trade groups that worked to kill health care reform in 1993. We're dealing with a very different landscape now. Marc Ambinder said, "What's the bottom line political significance of all of this: it means that ...

Has Obama Found a Pulse on Health Care?
Opinionator — ... are working with the stakeholders to cut costs. It puts the industry on record saying that reform will bring new efficiencies rather than increased spending. And it’s simple evidence of the momentum building behind the administration’s effort. These groups wouldn’t be jockeying for a seat at the table if they didn’t think everyone was eventually going to sit down. Most of the policy bloggers are calling this one for Obama. Ahead of the meeting, Marc Ambinder wrote at the Atlantic, “ This is big — and I’m not talking about the news.” I’m talking about the dealmaking between ...