washingtonpost.com - 3/6/2009
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CQ Transcripts Wire Thursday, March 5, 2009; 1:41 PM
boston.com - 3/6/2009
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boston.com —
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 ...
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Obama steadfast on healthcare
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
corner.nationalreview.com - 3/6/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Yesterday, the White House assembled more than 100
politicians, special-interest lobbyists, and left-wing ideologues in a room...
to carve up Americans' earnings and their access to medical care. Can President Obama solve the problems of high-cost, ...
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The Health-Care "Summit"
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Which Way To Your America?
Fraters Libertas —
Yesterday, at his "health care summit" (is anyone else already tired of these dog & pony show White House meetings where hundreds gather supposedly to come up with solutions to intractable problems in ONE DAY?) President Obama said that rising health care costs were the biggest issue facing the American economy. Some verbatim quotes : And today, there are those who say we should defer health care reform once again, that at a time of economic crisis, we simply can't afford to fix our health care system as well. Well, let me be clear. The same soaring costs that are straining ...
Card: Health Care Is A ‘Want,’ Not A ‘Need’ — ‘Don’t Have The Government Fund It’
Think Progress —
... yesterday, President Obama said that “there are those who say we should defer health care reform once again” because they claim “that at a time of economic crisis, we simply can’t afford to fix our health care system as well.” “If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy and get our federal budget under control, then we have to address the crushing costs of health care this year in this administration,” Obama said of such criticisms. ...
A Promising Convergence on Health
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... But a National Journal forum on health care I moderated last Thursday offered clear glimmers of hope about the possibility of a breakthrough. At the forum, held a few hours before President Obama's White House summit, there were, inevitably, warning signs too. But the signals of emerging consensus were especially promising because they came from two heavy hitters with both the institutional platform and personal inclination to play central roles in the upcoming legislative maneuvering: Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, and Karen Ignagni, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Universal Healthcare Making Its Way To The Top Of Obama’s “To Do List”
westernfrontamerica.com 3/20/2009 — Americans are going to be pounded with politicians decrying the state of our healthcare system very soon now. It is on the Obama Socialist Agenda and making it’s way to the top of the list while the country is distracted by the financial meltdown ...
Barack Speaks
powerlineblog.com 3/25/2009 — I missed President Obama's press conference, as I was on an airplane. I'm not sure whether Scott or Paul caught it; maybe they'll weigh in later. For now, here are a few observations based on reading the transcript.
Obama said, in his introductory ...
Majority of Americans Satisfied With Their Healthcare Plans
gallup.com 3/10/2009 — PRINCETON, NJ -- Despite ever-increasing healthcare costs and widespread dissatisfaction with the U.S. healthcare system, a majority of Americans remain satisfied with what they pay for their own healthcare, the quality of the healthcare they receive, ...
Healthcare, Obama-style — not Clinton-style
thehill.com 3/3/2009 — President Obama is launching his massive healthcare overhaul this week determined not to repeat mistakes made in a similarly ambitious bid by the Clinton administration 16 years ago. The president formally nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) ...
Healthcare Enemy No. 1
thenation.com 3/13/2009 — Rush Limbaugh offers Democrats an irresistible target as the de facto leader of the Republican Party, but for my money, Rick Scott is the man who best embodies the spirit of the current conservative opposition. The name may not exactly be a household ...
Obama may use 50-vote tactic on energy, healthcare
thehill.com 3/1/2009 — President Obama’s budget director said the White House would consider using a Senate procedural tactic so that only 50 votes would be rquired to pass major healthcare and energy reforms. Peter Orszag, the director of the Office of Management and ...
Obama's jobs plan: 25 down. 3,499,975 to go —
CNN Political Ticker 3/6/2009
Obama heads to Ohio today.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama headed to Columbus, Ohio on Friday to attend a graduation ceremony for 25 police cadets.
Obama has repeatedly pledged to save or create 3.5 million jobs with his economic ...
Potential Geithner deputy out of the running —
CNN Political Ticker 3/6/2009
In 2007, Annette Nazareth was serving at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A leading contender to serve as the top deputy to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is no longer under consideration for the post, as 17 top ...
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