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Moving Forward on Health Care
With the exception of what we're hearing from a few people like Jonathan Cohn, the rapidly congealing conventional wisdom of the Washington pundit class is that health care reform is a non-starter next year. The assumption taking hold is that Barack Obama simply can't afford to tackle it; he ...
Health Care for America Now applauds Senator Baucus
healthcareforamericanow.org — Washington, DC Health Care for America Now (HCAN) the largest national health care campaign representing more than... 460 local, state, and national organizations and millions of individuals issued the following statement regarding Senator Max Baucus ... (more) Health Care for America Now applauds Senator Baucus
Health Care to the Max: Baucus Plan Out (Updated)
blogs.tnr.com — As reported in this week's edition , Max Baucus and his staff at the Senate Finance Committee... have been working on health care reform since the beginning of summer. Today, he will publish a preliminary outline of what he has in mind. Afterwards, he ... (more) Health Care to the Max: Baucus Plan Out (Updated)
Senators plan health care push
contracostatimes.com — WASHINGTON Two of the Senate's most influential leaders are working separately behind the scenes on legislation that... would dramatically alter the way Americans get health care, hoping their early efforts including the release Wednesday of a position ... (more) Senators plan health care push
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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... Some pundits are raising the possibility that health care reform just isn't gonna happen this year. The leading assumption right now appears to be that Obama can't afford to invest either the money or the political capital on such an ambitious goal, what with the economic crisis and big, politically fraught foreign policy decisions to make. ...

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