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Sen. Grassley wary of federal health benefit
Jeffrey Young, The Hill - 3.19.09
“This is a deal-breaker for Republicans if it’s in and it’s a deal-breaker for Democrats if it’s not in,” Grassley said during a briefing with reporters. “I think it’s a step toward single-payer, government-run healthcare for everyone," he said. Health care overhaul may cost about $1.5 trillion
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, AP - 3.17.09
Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say. That's more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget. Health care hinges on Senate insiders
Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico - 3.16.09
President Obama is leaving the job of health care reform up to Congress — and empowering Baucus and Health Committee Chairman Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) as his go-to guys. Recession saps budget critics' lobbying power
Richard Wolf, USA Today - 3.15.09
Rick Scott, a former industry executive who says he has invested $5 million of his own money in an ad campaign aimed at preserving choice and competition in the system, notes health care represents one-seventh of the economy. Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits
Jackie Calmes and Robert Pear, NYT - 3.15.09
President Obama signals to Congress that he could support taxing some employee health benefits.
Obama denounced a similar proposal during the presidential campaign as “the largest middle-class tax increase in history.” Rick Scott, Solantic chairman, launches health care reform campaign
Jacksonville Business Journal - by Kimberly Morrison - 3.13.09
“I will support whomever supports these four pillars, whether Obama or anyone else. It doesn’t oppose anyone’s plan,” Scott said.
He hopes that the campaign will initiate more debate about how health care reform is structured.
Budget chairman not sold on Obama health plan
Walter Alarkon - 3.12.09
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday questioned President Obama’s $634 billion proposal to fix healthcare, the Democratic senator’s latest complaint about the administration’s budget proposal.
Obama's $80 Billion Exaggeration
Drs. Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband - 3.12.09
Following his announcement, we spoke with fellow physicians at the Harvard teaching hospitals. All of us were dumbfounded, wondering how such dramatic claims of cost-saving and quality improvement could be true. Report questions stimulus bill health IT money
By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer - 3.09.09
For doctors in small practices, the high cost of installing electronic records systems could outweigh the incentives and penalties for failing to comply, a new analysis says. Health care debate to flood airwaves
Sean Lengell - 3.08.09
"While Congress will be voting on this, and the president will sign a bill, I believe it's the American public that will decide what the bill is going to have in it," Mr. Scott said. The Health Care Crossroads
Ronald Brownstein - 3.07.09
Obama and congressional Democrats face key policy decisions that will shape the legislative debate. Policy makers will face five major crossroads. Health care summit at White House a first step to overhaul
Richard Wolf - 3.05.09
Fifteen years after the last Democratic president failed to overhaul the nation's troubled health care system, President Obama kicks off his effort to try again today by bringing all the major players together at the White House. Baucus lays out timeline for health reform
Carrie Budoff Brown - 3.05.09
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) outlined a procedural path to health care reform Thursday. He wants a committee markup by June, and passage in July. Baucus promises health-care action
Michael Vitez - 3.04.09
"We need to come up with a uniquely American solution, which is a combination of public and private," he said. "I think we'd be spending capital inefficiently to pursue single-payer. I think there should be choice, flexibility, in our reform package. Universal Heath Care to Take Center Stage
Lorie Johnson - 3.04.09
Many are concerned about President Obama's plan for health care, like Rick Scott of Conservatives for Patient's Rights. Group launches health care offensive
Jonathan Martin - 3.03.09
Conservatives for Patients Rights is going on TV, radio and the Web in the same week President Barack Obama hosts a healthcare summit at the White House. Obama pushes centers as one focus of health reform
Maggie Fox - 3.03.09
One of the repeated criticisms of the U.S. healthcare system is that patients are often sent to emergency departments for routine care if, for instance, their physician's office is closed or if they do not have health insurance. A national healthcare reform primer
Bob Rosenblatt - 3.02.09
The president's strategy is starkly different from the approach by the Clinton administration in 1993.
Obama's approach is this: Give me a bunch of money, and we'll figure out the details later how we are going to manage this thing. Obama's Next Big Battle: Affordable Health Care
David Muir - 3.01.09
President Obama plans to move ahead this week with an ambitious plan to overhaul the country's health care system. It is likely to be a messy and costly political battle. Liberal Groups Are Flexing New Muscle in Lobby Wars
Jim Rutenberg - 3.01.09
...with Democrats closely monitoring a new organization, Conservatives for Patients Rights, that told The Wall Street Journal last week it was devising plans for a multimillion-dollar campaign calling for free market solutions. Health care reform - seven suggestions to consider
Mark Vargus - 3.01.09
One of the biggest problems with health care is no one knows what any procedure really costs ahead of time. Obama’s Health Plan, Ambitious in Any Economy, Is Tougher in This One
Robert Pear - 3.01.09
Mr. Obama is proposing a major expansion of the federal commitment to health care even though the government can barely afford the health insurance programs it has. Obama Taps Sebelius for Health and Human Services Secretary
Laura Meckler - 2.28.09
President Barack Obama has chosen Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services and will announce the decision at the White House Monday, administration officials said Saturday. The Obamaist Manifesto
Charles Krauthammer - 2.27.09
Obama has publicly abandoned his once-stated preference for a single-payer system.
Instead, Obama will create the middle step that will lead ultimately and inevitably to single-payer.
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