reuters.com - 4/9/2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama set up an executive office for healthcare reform at the White House on Wednesday, saying the overhaul was one of the biggest priorities for the first year of his presidency. Obama issued an executive order that says the U.S. healthcare system ...
freedomworks.org - 4/14/2009
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freedomworks.org —
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 ...
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FreedomWork - Healthcare Issues
liberaloasis.com - 4/3/2009
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liberaloasis.com —
I'm still waiting for the debate to start.
When are we, as Americans, going to get this
debate started? Dem From CT has tried. He has posted some thoughtful information and questions on healthcare. Yet he has not drawn the type of overwhelming ...
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Serious Healthcare reform (part 1) - Where to start?
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Obama's Rx for Vets
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The president will make an announcement on his plan to improve health care for veterans Thursday from the Executive Office Building.
He'll speak before patients, health care providers from Walter Reed, National Naval Medical Center and D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center. ...
The WonkLine: April 9, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Yesterday, President Obama formally established an executive office for healthcare reform at the White House. “The new office will help ensure that policymakers across the executive branch work toward Obama’s healthcare agenda.” ...
Health Care Friday
Daily Kos —
More on PEPFAR, the One Good Thing that George Bush did. See last week's post from pistolpeteMA for a field report from Uganda. From the online Christian Science Monitor: The Obama administration hopes to give all Americans the option of buying into a public, Medicare-style health insurance plan. That is now shaping up to be the biggest flash point in the emerging debate about healthcare reform. A formal step towards reform: President Barack Obama set up an executive ...
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reuters.com 6/23/2009 — Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will throw his weight behind legislative bids to reform healthcare and cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday in his fourth White House press conference since taking office. Obama, who has ...
Obama: Healthcare reform now or never
swamppolitics.com 5/29/2009 — by Mark Silva
The word from Air Force One, returning today from a West Coast party fundraising event, is that President Barack Obama put out an airborne telephone call to a coalition of supporters widely known as the permanent campaign.
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Obama: Healthcare reform no 'luxury'
swamppolitics.com 5/11/2009 — by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, planning a meeting at the White House on Monday with "stakeholders'' in the health care debate, also plans a midday public address on "reforming the health care system to reduce costs.''
"We cannot ...
Naive questions about healthcare reform
americasfuture.org 4/20/2009 — My knowledge of our healthcare system is basically limited to my own experience as a patient. The actual health care has been quite good. But my experience with health insurance has been pretty awful, mostly because I’ve spent time at three ...
The Politics of Healthcare
motherjones.com 7/1/2009 — Jonathan Cohn takes a look at the many compromises Barack Obama is making in order to get a healthcare reform bill passed: Put aside, for a moment, the policy merits of these moves. The politics are lousy. Obama would be in danger of producing ...
Obama ‘will not rest’ until healthcare reformed
thehill.com 5/11/2009 — Comprehensive healthcare reform will be accomplished this year, President Obama declared Monday, saying, “I will not rest until the dream of healthcare reform is achieved in the United States of America.” Obama addressed reporters in the White House ...
Some Videos on Healthcare
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 ...
Missing in Action on Healthcare?
thenation.com 5/11/2009 — TRUDY LIEBERMAN Looks like the insurance industry now holds the upper hand in the Obama administration's healthcare reform efforts.
Obama plans meeting Friday on stress tests: source —
Reuters: Politics 4/9/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet on Friday with top financial regulators to sketch out the next steps to take with the "stress tests" being conducted at the 19 biggest U.S. banks, a source familiar with the meeting said ...
Obama plans meeting on bank stress tests —
Reuters: Politics 4/9/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to meet on Friday with top financial regulators to sketch out the next steps to take with the "stress tests" being conducted at the 19 biggest U.S. banks, a source familiar with the meeting said on ...
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