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themoderatevoice.com - 11/21/2008
Health Care in a Sick Economy
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As jobs disappear and economic anxiety spreads, the incoming Congress is showing signs of getting serious about health care reform, and the entrenched health insurers are signaling their willingness to negotiate. Two trade groups, America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue ...
Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services
— 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 ... (more) Daschle the choice for Health and Human Services

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blogs.tnr.com - 11/19/2008
Daschle at HHS = Good News for Health Reform
— blogs.tnr.com — So much health care news, so little time to blog. But let me weigh in on the... news, via, CNN, that Tom Daschle will be Secretary of Health and Human Services . He will also serve as the White House point person on health care reform . This is a ... (more) Daschle at HHS = Good News for Health Reform

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onenewsnow.com - 11/17/2008
Senator Chris Dodd guilty of 'mortgage fraud'? (OneNewsNow.com)
— onenewsnow.com — A news-talk radio station in New Haven, Connecticut, is refusing to air a spirited interview between a... conservative host and the powerful chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Chris Dodd. NBC News reports that a federal criminal investigation into ... (more) Senator Chris Dodd guilty of 'mortgage ...

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News — ... writes at Talk Left. Concessions by two major insurers and the appointment of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as secretary of Health and Human Services mean health care reform is on the table, Robert Stein argues at The Moderate Voice. Arguments that spending on a war is more catastrophic than devoting tax dollars to stimulus programs fall short for Instapundit’s ...

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