boston.com - 3/18/2009
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Governors Jim Douglas of Vermont and Deval Patrick of Massachusetts led a healthcare forum yesterday at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
boston.com - 3/11/2009
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boston.com —
LAST WEEK, President Obama took a bold step
on healthcare: He brought together a wide array of...
people who have a stake in the healthcare system with the people who have the ability to change it. Some have suggested that we should put off fixing the ...
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Ready to act on healthcare - The Boston Globe
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Newspaper Roundup for Mar. 18, 2009
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... Firms Boston Globe/AP: Barney Frank: work on reforming financial regulations to begin in May Washington Post: President's Budget Strategy Under Fire Tactic May Break Obama's Bipartisan Pledge, GOP Says NY Post: AIG selling its Manhattan headquarters USA Today: Iraq combat deaths at 6-year low Philadelphia Inquirer: N.J. schools likely to subtract Algebra II requirement Washington Times: GM chief endorses gas tax hike Boston Globe: Obama's traveling forum on healthcare visits Vt. Boston Globe: Religious dying patients ...
Obama's Plan: Health-Care 'Reform' - or Insurance Industry Preservation?
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Scenes from Obama's traveling insurance preservation healthcare forum:
Yesterday, presaging what is likely to be a sharp debate within the Democratic Party in the coming months, a good share of the crowd in this liberal state - as well as about 200 protesters outside - enthusiastically cheered for Canadian-style government-run healthcare, or at least an option to buy into a public insurance plan like Medicare.
Obama has said it is not politically feasible to get rid of private insurers, but in his campaign he ...
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