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Daschle Health Care Video Addresses Americans Directly (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The commitment of Barack Obama to have an open dialogue, whether it be in revealing donors or crafting policy, is one of the defining features of his early transition effort.
On Tuesday, his office put out another video, building off of one released last week, in which former Sen. Tom Daschle -- who will be heading the Department of Health and Human Services -- and adviser Lauren Aronson discuss health care reform. There is nothing particularly groundbreaking in the three-minute long clip. It consists mostly of personal stories and general policy topics (like preventative care and cost containment, among them). ...
Daschle Health Care Video Addresses Americans Directly (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
The commitment of Barack Obama to have an open dialogue, whether it be in revealing donors or crafting policy, is one of the defining features of his early transition effort.
On Tuesday, his office put out another video, building off of one released last week, in which former Sen. Tom Daschle -- who will be heading the Department of Health and Human Services -- and adviser Lauren Aronson discuss health care reform. There is nothing particularly groundbreaking in the three-minute long clip. It consists mostly of personal stories and general policy topics (like preventative care and cost containment, among them). ...
Join the Discussion: Former Sen. Daschle responds on health care
Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog —
More than 3,500 reader comments later, we’re excited to report on the success of our recent community discussion on health care, the first open conversation of its kind on Change.gov.
Members of our Health care Transition team, including former Senator Tom Daschle, were eager to dig in to the comments and find out more about the issues and concerns that drove the community conversation online.
Here's a look at what they had to say: ...
Obama Team Hocks Obama-Themed Stocking Stuffers, Health Care Conversation
Political Punch —
Previous | Main Obama Team Hocks Obama-Themed Stocking Stuffers, Health Care Conversation December 02, 2008 5:48 PM Last week the Obama Transition Team's Health Policy Team solicited ideas from voters on revamping the health care industry. In this video to supporters released this afternoon , Health Policy Team members Lauren Aronson and Tom Daschle -- President-elect Obama's nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services -- thank the 3,500 participants and discuss some of their ideas, including creating a "Health Corps," like the Peace Corps except for health professionals, and a push towards a "paradigm ...
Join The Discussion: Health Care
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Tom Daschle and Lauren Aronson want your comments on health care: This video summarizes a few of the ideas people have proposed: focusing more on prevention, setting up a Health Corps (like the Peace Corps) for recent graduates of the health care profession and focusing on cost-containment and how to provide health insurance for part-timers. I don't want to throw cold water on these plans but I will. First, prevention is wonderful, assuming that it works (not all types of prevention have ever been tested), but it will not necessarily lower health care ...
Morning Roundup: Around the Web in 79.876 Seconds
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Morning Roundup: Around the Web in 79.876 Seconds
Manliness & masculinity (by Suzie)
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Manning up does not necessarily yield a feminist ally. A couple of people defended The Art of Manliness blog, which Anthony critiqued this week. He promised to delve into it further, but, damn, I can’t wait. The man who started the blog says he married a feminist and thinks the feminist ...
