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• What Does Abortion Have To Do With The Health Care Reform?

  —Post Politics

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  The senior senator is wondering that same thing:

  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the third-ranking Republican in the body, said abortion is an important issue but “the issues that are going to dominate the health care debate are whether we’re reducing costs or whether we’re increasing the costs for most [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:22pm EST
  by Kleinheider

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• Health Care Reform Act House Bill: UPDATE

  —The Cutting Edge

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  Found a couple pics I want to share. This one...Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas throws the Health Care bill to the crowd on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a health care reform rally. I suppose he couldn't find a match. Follow the Health Care debate at #killthebill Oh, the aforementioned Health' [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:33pm EST
  by Serr8d

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• Two members of an inner circle of arrogant power: Lobbyists

  —TaxingTennessee

  for the drug and insurance companies are profiled in NYT.
  
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  As perhaps the two most powerful health industry lobbyists in Washington, the two of them, Billy Tauzin and Karen Ignagni, are the odd couple of the capital’s health care debate. Their paths are as opposite as their [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:30am EST
  by Ben Cunningham

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• FACT CHECK:

  —An Ol' Broad's Ramblings

  Health insurer profits not so fat

  Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They’re all more profitable than the health insurance industry.

  In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after [...]

  Posted: October 25, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
  by olbroad

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• Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Medicare and Medicaid- They Cost More For Less Quality

  —The Humble Libertarian

  
  In the New York Times today, economist Paul Krugman waxes triumphant for socialized medicine:
  
  

  Steve Benen gets exercised over a new appearance of a zombie lie in the health care debate — the totally false claim that Canadian health care won’t pay [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:53pm EDT
  

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• On 'Meet The Press' This Morning (Oct. 18)

  —Sharoncobb

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  Behind the scenes of the health care debate in Washington: What will it take to form a coalition large enough to pass legislation? And what provisions will likely be included in the final bill? Plus, outrage over Wall Street bonuses. Should the government step in? [...]

  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:11am EDT
  by Sharon Cobb

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