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Leading With Health Care Costs
corner.nationalreview.com - 6/2/2009
Leading With Health Care Costs
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There has been something very odd about the logic of the Democrats' case on health care reform the past few months. Rather than focus on access and the uninsured, as they have usually done and as Obama did during the campaign, they're talking about their massive expansion of the government's ...
Ezra Klein - News Break: How the White House Hopes to Control Health Care Costs
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/3/2009
Ezra Klein - News Break: How the White House Hopes to Control Health Care Costs
— voices.washingtonpost.com — MedPAC routinely cuts Medicare payments to physicians, and private insurers follow suit. This is the only method of cost containment, since rationing expensive medical treatments is politically untenable, as is reining in the medical malpractice ... (more) Ezra Klein - News Break: How the White House Hopes to ...

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Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health Care Reform (video)
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youtube.com - 6/6/2009
Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health Care Reform (video)
— youtube.com — The President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure America... (more) Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health ...

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CNN Poll: Americans OK with more government influence in return for lower health care costs
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 5/29/2009
CNN Poll: Americans OK with more government influence in return for lower health care costs
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Sixty-three percent of respondents to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey say they would favor more government influence in health care in return for lower costs. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll indicates that most Americans are ... (more) CNN Poll: Americans OK with more government influence in ...

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Poll Watch: Only 24 Per Cent Rate Health Care Reform as Most Important of Obama’s Priorities
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... There is nothing but higher taxes and SLOWER economic growth as a result of Obamacare in the future and Americans know that the Obama Administration is spinning the issue. ...

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