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Reminding Obama...
Politico Live's Blogs — The progressive reform group, Health Care for America Now, launched a new TV ad Tuesday, congratulating President-elect Barack Obama. Using his own words from the campaign trail to drive home the point for immediate health care reform, the ad will run in the Washington market this week as Congress sits in a lame-duck session. The script: OBAMA: "The question isn't, ‘How we can afford to focus on health care.’ The question is, ‘How can we afford not to?” On screen message: CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA OBAMA: “Because in order to fix our economic crisis, and rebuild our ...

Health Care Group Holds Obama To Promises With Ad
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — The push to pass the Obama agenda has begun, months before the president-elect even takes office. Health Care for America Now is out with a new advertisement Tuesday morning that makes clear that Obama will be held to the health care reform promises he made while on the campaign trail. The spot, airing in Washington D.C., uses an October speech by Obama on health care as a way to set the ground rules for his forthcoming administration. The spot, HCAN notes, is also an attempt to influence the political community to help push the president-elect's vision of health care reform once he takes office. ...

Health Care Group Holds Obama To Promises With Ad
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The push to pass the Obama agenda has begun, months before the president-elect even takes office. Health Care for America Now is out with a new advertisement Tuesday morning that makes clear that Obama will be held to the health care reform promises he made while on the campaign trail. The spot, airing in Washington D.C., uses an October speech by Obama on health care as a way to set the ground rules for his forthcoming administration. The spot, HCAN notes, is also an attempt to influence the political community to help push the president-elect's vision of health care reform once he takes office. ...

A nudge on healthcare
Ben Smith's Blog — The labor-backed advocacy group Healthcare for America has an ad up reminding Obama of his promise to address healthcare immediately. The general understanding, though, is that the first priority will be to expand insurance for children, and that a more comprehensive solution will be worked out a bit more slowly; the bad economy may also may make it harder to pass a plan that will raise costs for some businesses that don't insure their employees. (via The Crypt)

How can we afford not to focus on health care? We can't.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Yesterday, Ted Kennedy returned to Capitol Hill and that means health care will be on the agenda: The brief appearance by Kennedy, who made a surprise return in July to vote on a Medicare bill, represented an opportunity for him to show colleagues that he remains energetic and engaged, and that he intends to reclaim his committee post in January and take charge of the Obama health-care agenda. Some Democrats had speculated that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) would attempt to assume the chairmanship of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) rolled out his own ...

Gerald McEntee: Health Care Reform - Yes We Can - NOW!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The election of Barack Obama and a new Congress demonstrated that the American people are hungry for real change. The vast majority want policies that are neither left nor right. Instead they want change that moves the country forward and solves the problems they face every day. The American people spoke loudly and clearly on Election Day: They want a government that's innovative and effective. In response to the Bush administration that has told Americans "you're on your own" for the last eight years, voters said "No we're not, we're in this together and it's time for a change." Americans are demanding that government be a force for creating ...