washingtontimes.com - 2/3/2009
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By: rightwinger "This is our time; we need to move forward; we need to get this job accomplished this year and get the bill to the president," Mr. Waxman said. "The health of our economy depends on a great extent on our dealing with the health of our health-care ...
blogs.tnr.com - 2/3/2009
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Can health care reform go ahead, this year,
even without Tom Daschle? Yes. Does this episode--and Daschle's
absence--make the task of enacting health care reform harder? Yes, although how much harder is difficult to say right now.
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The New Republic: Daschle is Done. Health Reform Is ...
blogs.tnr.com - 1/29/2009
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Barack Obama has said he wants to pursue
major health care reform this year. Two key committee
chairmen in the Senate, Max Baucus and Ted Kennedy, have said they watn to pursue health care this year. But what about the House? The leadership has ...
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Waxman: Health Care Reform This Year
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Baucus: Health Reform Might Not Happen This Year
Wonk Room —
... news outlets began arguing that health reform isn’t happening this year. Key stakeholders sounded less than optimistic and some prominent Democratic lawmakers questioned the imminence of reform.
Today, the Washington Times’ Sean Lengell reports (before the Daschle story broke, it seems) that even Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a big supporter of comprehensive reform, thinks that health care may have to wait:
“Why might reform not happen this year? As ...
Baucus: Our plate is too ‘full’ for health care reform this year.
Think Progress —
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) — citing “obstacles” such as the economy, energy legislation, Iraq and Afghanistan, and the deficit — said at a conference today that health care reform is unlikely to happen this year. As Finance Committee Chairman, Baucus plays a key role in pushing through health care legislation:
“Why might reform not happen this year? As is often the case, the new administration and the new Congress face competing priorities,” said Sen. Max Baucus. … “These priorities compete for time on the agenda and attention in the press and in public.” “The ...
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