ourfuture.org - 11/21/2008
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There's been something of a debate about whether a universal health care system will come only from Washington, D.C., or whether it will involve state governments. Now that Tom Daschle is slated to become the head of Barack Obama's Department of Health and Human Services as well as the ...
prospect.org - 11/19/2008
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prospect.org —
CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not
only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also
health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ...
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TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
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Tuning Out the Braindead Megaphone On Health Care
Open Left - Front Page —
... column out today, that latter news is really encouraging - and if played correctly, we can avoid the health care debacle of the early 1990s. As I was writing this column, some really terrific health care news was breaking:
- Democratic Sens. Ted Kennedy and Max Baucus (yes, that Max Baucus!) both signaled their intent to push the Obama administration to make universal health care a top priority right out of the gate.
- The Obama transition team designated Tom Daschle as the incoming HHS Secretary and universal health care czar.
- The ...
David Sirota: Tuning Out the Braindead Megaphone
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... today, that latter news is really encouraging - and if played correctly, we can avoid the health care debacle of the early 1990s.
As I was writing this column, some really terrific health care news was breaking:
- Democratic Sens. Ted Kennedy and Max Baucus (yes, that Max Baucus!) both signaled their intent to push the Obama administration to make universal health care a top priority right out of the gate.
- The Obama transition team designated Tom Daschle as the incoming HHS Secretary and universal health care czar.
- ...
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blogs.tnr.com 11/19/2008 — So much health care news, so little time to blog. But let me weigh in on the news, via, CNN, that Tom Daschle will be Secretary of Health and Human Services . He will also serve as the White House point person on health care reform . This is a ...
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talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Reports in the last hour name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as Obama's pick to be the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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blogs.tnr.com 12/11/2008 — Barack Obama will be holding a press conference in Chicago on Thursday. And it's safe bet that most of the political world will be watching to hear Obama give his first extended remarks about the Rod Blagojevich scandal. But Obama will be making ...
Report: Obama Picks Daschle For Health And Human Services
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — Tom Daschle, who suffered a major downfall when he went from being Senate Democratic Leader to losing his own seat in 2004, is now enjoying a comeback of sorts -- Barack Obama has reportedly tapped Daschle to be his new Secretary of Health and Human ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 —
It doesn’t come as a shock to see that Tom Daschle will be tapped as HHS Secretary . The more interesting news is the notion that Daschle “will also reportedly be given a policy portfolio that stretches beyond the department in order ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/2/2009 — by hilzoy What is it with these people and their taxes? First Geithner, now Daschle : " Thomas A. Daschle, nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay more than $128,000 in taxes over three years, a ...
Obama Names Tom Daschle as HHS Secretary
patterico.com 11/20/2008 — [Guest post by DRJ]
The Chicago Tribune reports Barack Obama has named former Senator Tom Daschle to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Perhaps this explains in part Obama’s revised lobbyist rules that focus on the area of ...
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First Read 11/21/2008
The Washington Post front-pages, “Barack Obama was famously able to impose discipline and control over his presidential campaign, but it didn't take long for him to discover that running a transition is something quite different. Top aides to the ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/21/2008
Obama's cell phone records appear to have been breached.
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