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The Coming Debate: True Healthcare Reform or Just More Aid for Health Corporations?
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 2/21/2009
The Coming Debate: True Healthcare Reform or Just More Aid for Health Corporations?
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I have a busy morning here, but want to draw attention to an article this morning in the New York Times by Robert Pear on the ongoing discussions of healthcare reform for the United States: Since last fall, many of the leading figures in the nation’s long-running health care debate have ...
Obama’s Healthcare Plan: True Universality?
firedoglake.com - 2/27/2009
Obama’s Healthcare Plan: True Universality?
— firedoglake.com — Image by mnd 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 ... (more) Obama’s Healthcare Plan: True Universality?

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politico.com - 2/22/2009
Taxing healthcare, despite the campaign
— politico.com — One of the key structural aspects of the new budget, I'm told, is that health care reform... will be given its own financing stream, one derived partially from cuts to Medicare and Medicaid spending, and partially from a new tax described by Jonathan ... (more) Taxing healthcare, despite the campaign

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Corrente:  How partisanship can make you stupid

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How partisanship can make you stupid
Corrente — David Waldman aka Kagro X reports on the negotiations over health care reform and the most significant thing he can find is that the Republicans are refusing to participate and therefore will have no input. The direction of the talks seem to hold no interest. Compare his post to bmaz's insightful post about the corporate nature of the discussion and the contrast could not be greater.

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