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news.yahoo.com - 6/18/2009
Lawmakers clash over cost of health care overhaul (AP)
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AP - Hoping to make history, the Senate set off on its major overhaul of the nation's health care system Wednesday, but its first steps were quickly overtaken by fresh cost concerns and partisan anger. An ambitious timetable that called for completing committee action in early summer seemed in danger of slipping away.
How Will We Pay For The Health Care Plan?
cbsnews.com - 6/17/2009
How Will We Pay For The Health Care Plan?
— cbsnews.com — The Congressional Budget Office says Sen. Ted Kennedy's health care proposal could cost $1 trillion over 10... years. Photo The Congressional Budget Office says Sen. Ted Kennedy's health care proposal could cost $1 trillion over 10 years. (CBS) (more) How Will We Pay For The Health Care Plan?

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Sebelius: Single-Payer Health Care Not In Plans
npr.org - 6/16/2009
Sebelius: Single-Payer Health Care Not In Plans
— npr.org — Morning Edition , June 16, 2009 As lawmakers on Capitol Hill hammer out legislation to overhaul the... nation's health care system this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that a single-payer option is not on the table. ... (more) Sebelius: Single-Payer Health Care Not In Plans

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apnews.myway.com - 6/17/2009
My Way News - AP sources: Senate health overhaul costs top $1.6T
— apnews.myway.com — My Way News - AP sources: Senate health overhaul costs top $1.6T... (more) My Way News - AP sources: Senate health overhaul costs ...

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Senate Pushes Ahead on Health Care
The Page by Mark Halperin — istockphoto.com First up for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are amendments to improve quality and efficiency. But: Debate keeps turning back to costs.

I can't bear to read about what the Democrats are doing to health care any more
Corrente — [pounds head, on desk]. So here's a video on sausage-making instead.... Well, dammit, I can't even find a decent sausage-making video. Readers? Read more…

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