firedoglake.com - 1/13/2009
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Obama has asked critics of his stimulus bill to make suggestions about how to improve it. At FDL we're going to do a number of posts on this topic, starting with health care. (Future posts will include transportation and telecom, at the last.)
The US doesn't have enough ...
latimes.com - 1/15/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- Congressional Democrats pushing to
overhaul the nation's healthcare system -- a priority of...
President-elect Barack Obama -- notched an early legislative victory Wednesday as the House easily passed a bill to expand ...
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House votes to expand healthcare for children - Los ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/9/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
STIMULUS SPEECH.... It's not especially common for presidents-elect
to give major policy addresses two weeks before Inauguration...
Day, but watching Barack Obama's speech in northern Virginia this morning, we were reminded that these are not ordinary ...
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Stimulus speech
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/14/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Pissed that Obama sat down with several conservatives
last night? Paul Hinderaker demurs: Brooks arguably is no...
longer a conservative, and may well have voted for Obama, while Will has bashed President Bush and John McCain for years. Heh.
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Some Didn't Get The Memo
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Progressive Breakfast: World According To TARP
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Obama should heed. Carter changed his plans at the last minute and reduced his stimulus package by half including eliminating a proposed consumer tax cut. The economy tanked by 1978 and Carter never was able to get it under control."
TNR's Brad Plumer pushes for refundable tax credits for renewable energy. Meanwhile, Earth2Tech reports: "Solar Firms Are Slashing Jobs"
Wonk Room's Igor Volsky advocates COBRA expansion for health care stimulus. FDL's Ian Welsh has eight more health care stimulus ideas.
IBM CEO in the WSJ: ...
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mitchellblatt.com 4/19/2009 — I created some videos intended to educate on the topic of healthcare and on Obama’s spending in general. He makes his healthcare argument as if it will cost a lot now but save money long term.
Yeah, the deficit this year is $1,700 billion, and the deficit in 2019 is projected to be ...
Obama steadfast on healthcare
boston.com 3/6/2009 — WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday presented his goal of fixing the healthcare system as a political imperative, as well as a moral and economic one: Americans, he said, will no longer stand for soaring costs that have bankrupted millions of ...
Obama signs children's healthcare bill
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reuters.com 2/4/2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a law expanding a health program to include 3.5 million uninsured children, advancing an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system despite the embarrassing withdrawal of his nominee to ...
Obama And The American Socialized Healthcare System
westernfrontamerica.com 11/26/2008 — The soon to be proposed national healthcare program will most likely be patterned after the Canadian nationalized healthcare system. So how does the Canadian healthcare system stack up against US healthcare these days, anyway
FreedomWork - Healthcare Issues
freedomworks.org 4/14/2009 — The healthcare system in the United States is plagued by rising costs and declining insurance coverage. Congress has considered ways to bolster the system, including reforming private insurance, encouraging medical savings accounts, encouraging state ...
Obama’s Healthcare Plan: True Universality?
firedoglake.com 2/27/2009 —
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Ezra Klein is stating that universality will be a goal of Obama's healthcare plan . At $634 billion, over 10 years (that's $63.4 billion a year) it's hard to see how Congress is going to turn Obama's plan into real universal ...
Obama urged to overhaul healthcare, stat
latimes.com 11/11/2008 — Groups representing retirees, business and labor call for comprehensive healthcare reform in the new administration's first 100 days.
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Four leading ...
The right, healthcare, and political survival
washingtonmonthly.com 11/22/2008 — THE RIGHT, HEALTHCARE, AND POLITICAL SURVIVAL.... Hilzoy had a great overnight item that I wanted to add one observation to. U.S. News' James Pethokoukis and Cato's Michael Cannon believe that if Obama is successful in passing a national healthcare ...
Jobs plan: It'll help, but only so much —
CNN Political Ticker 1/13/2009
The president-elect's plan to revive the economy is taking shape. Here's what we know so far.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President-elect Barack Obama is trying to rally Congress — and the public — around a two-year plan ...
Obama-Bush teams test preparedness —
First Read 1/13/2009
From NBC's John Yang At the White House today, officials of the Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration are dealing with a simultaneous terrorist attack on several major American cities -- bombs targeting ...
Agenda: The TARP campaign —
First Read 1/13/2009
Obama “yesterday launched an aggressive campaign to persuade a deeply skeptical Congress to permit him to spend another $350 billion to stabilize the still-fragile U.S. financial system, as the Bush White House formally notified lawmakers of ...
Transition: Hillary in the spotlight —
First Read 1/13/2009
The Boston Globe previews Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing today. "Hillary Clinton will be peppered not only with questions about foreign donations to Bill Clinton's foundation, but also about how she plans to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian ...
Capitol Crowds —
WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/13/2009
No head count is planned for President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. Figures range from three million, according to the mayor, to a more conservative one million. Mr. Obama won't be the first to draw a big crowd.
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