docstoc.com - 6/10/2009
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Dropping in at 615 pages is the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's attempt to fix the broken health care system. The HELP Committee is chaired by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). The second-ranking Democrat, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, had a large hand in drafting the bill ...
topics.nytimes.com - 6/11/2009
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topics.nytimes.com —
A broad consensus on the contours of health
care legislation appeared to be developing among Democratic leaders
as three House committee chairmen outlined a bill generally similar to one being written in the Senate. June 10, 2009 Though Senator Edward ...
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Health Care Reform News - The New York Times
washingtonpost.com - 6/11/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
The goal of the Obama White House is
to come up with a health-care plan that can
attract bipartisan support. The president has told visitors that he would rather have 70 votes in the Senate for a bill that gives him 85 percent of what he wants rather ...
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Getting to Bipartisan Health-Care Reform
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Kennedy Health Care Reform Bill Released -- Help Us Read Through It
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... bill will get its first hearing on Thursday and is scheduled for a committee vote on Tuesday, June 16th.
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday that a committee vote on a health care bill could come as early as the week after next. The battle over the future of health care in America now enters a span of several months as important as any in a generation.
Below is a statement released by Kennedy and further down is the health care bill itself.
For the past year, Chairman Edward M. Kennedy and ...
Sen. Kent Conrad Proposes Yet Another Way to Kill a Public Health Option
Firedoglake —
... Yesterday saw the release of the next draft of the Kennedy/HELP Committee health reform bill and the release of a set of principles by House leaders that seem more or less consistent with where Kennedy and Obama are headed. Meanwhile, ...
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