politico.com - 2/21/2009
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The White House is considering dumping its newly created Office of Health Reform, a White House official said Friday. President Barack Obama chose former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to be the first director of the office and his secretary of Health and Human Services. The arrangement would have ...
thehill.com - 2/23/2009
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thehill.com —
President Obama will host a White House summit
on health reform next week, he said Monday, signaling...
that he means to push forward aggressively on an issue some thought would fall by the wayside. "We've scheduled a healthcare summit next week," Obama ...
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Health reform next on Obama's agenda
washingtonmonthly.com - 2/24/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
When most people get engaged, they spend a
few months talking to caterers, DJs, florists and the...
like in preparation for the big day. But when Linda Hall got engaged, she had to add another consultation to the prenuptial arrangements: a government ...
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"Tom Daschle's Hillary Problem" by Stephanie Mencimer
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Czar 44, where are you? White House may nix health czar post
Majikthise —
The White House may not appoint a health czar after all, Politico reports. The Health Reform Office was a newly created bureacracy, custom-designed for Barack Obama's trusted ally and political mentor, former Sen. Tom Daschle. Obama's plan was to give Daschle two jobs, Secretary of Health and Human Services and head of the Health Reform Office. Czar Daschle was to be Obama's point man in Congress on health care reform. However, Daschle had to bow out earlier this month when it was revealed that he hadn't paid taxes on tens of thousands of dollars ...
The Saturday Word: Asia
The Caucus —
... and possibly abandoning the idea of a health czar. Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential contender and Massachusetts governor, is helping Meg Whitman’s bid for governor of California. The Boston Globe’s Sasha Issenberg calls it a “ ...
HOPE AND CHANGE: WH may abandon health czar post. Well, I’m hoping that this change means that nat…
Instapundit —
... HOPE AND CHANGE: WH may abandon health czar post. Well, I’m hoping that this change means that national healthcare is less likely. As for Nancy Ann DeParle (Nancy Ann Min when we were in college together, before she married Jason DeParle) she’d be good for the job if they kept it, but I’d rather they didn’t. ...
Keeping healthcare reform on track
Political Animal —
... Bush-era program has attracted nearly a quarter of Medicare beneficiaries to private health insurance plans that cover a package of services such as doctor visits, prescription drugs and eyeglasses. But the government pays the plans 13 to 17 percent more than it pays for traditional fee-for-service coverage, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on Medicare financing issues. On a related note, the Politico reported that the White House is " considering dumping its newly created Office of Health Reform ," which Tom Daschle was slated to ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — At the moment, you have to think Tom Daschle is going to pull this out. It's possible that his failure to pay taxes on a limo rides and other benefits he accrued from a New York financier. But several things have turned Daschle's way today.
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