blogs.tnr.com - 6/4/2009
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As health care reform enters the phase of serious legislation, it becomes vital to understand what the American people expect and believe ... and how the forthcoming debate is likely to affect their views. Because no one has tracked these matters more carefully and professionally than the Kaiser ...
nytimes.com - 6/7/2009
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON After months of insisting he would
leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded
that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an intense push for legislation that will include speeches, ...
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Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care
online.wsj.com - 6/8/2009
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online.wsj.com —
The main White House argument for health-care reform
goes something like this: If we spend now on
a hugely expensive new insurance program for the middle class, we can save later by reducing overall U.S. health spending. This "tastes great, less ...
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Obama's Health Cost Illusion
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... William Galston pores through public opinion studies on healthcare and urges the administration to honestly present the costs and benefits of healthcare reform: ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... Clinton listened from the front row as Obama gave his most elegant speech yet. Perhaps it dawned on Clinton, if it hadn't already, that a great speech can do a lot of the hard work for you. Charles Krauthammer: OMG! He's not Bush! Grumble... tells' Israel what to do... growl... </bites head off of squirrel> settlements... blame Israel... still mad as hell that Obama won... what's this neocon world coming to? He's undoing everything! William Galston: As health care reform enters the phase of serious legislation, it ...
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