A vast healthcare overhaul has been stalled in the Senate for a month, but gained new urgency on Saturday when the House of Representatives passed a bill designed to rein in costs, extend coverage to millions of uninsured and bar practices such as... Full Article at International Business Times
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 It is the duty of every pundit to be all-knowing on what the recent elections mean for the future of American politics. Full Article at HeraldNet
Washington D.C. , Nov 10, 2009 / 02:42 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Francis George is praising the U.S. House of Representative's decision on Nov. 7 to prevent federally funded abortions and is urging the Senate to follow its example. Full Article at Catholic News Agency
...openly in the armed forces. Full Article at Political Intelligence
After almost a year of endless discussion, the message is clear – nobody knows what the hell to think. And who can blame them? Full Article at True/Slant
In the battle over health care, the Republican Right, after months of saying no to every Obama initiative from stimulus to bailouts, has gone on the offensive to slice and dice Americans into warring factions–young-old, men-women, rich-poor, anywhere... Full Article at The Moderate Voice
"This is a health care bill, not an abortion bill," the President Obama told ABC News on Monday. The fact he had to make such a statement says quite a bit. Full Article at Time Magazine
The U.S. Justice Dept. , at the direction of the Obama Administration, last month announced that it would no longer direct federal investigative resources to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana clinics, providing they are operating... Full Article at Business Week
Let's see how Bill does with the unrestricted lobbying and greed of the corporations that control Congress. All he has to say is, "Hey, Dickheads and airheads. Pass this shit or lose your fuckin' seat." Full Article at Crooks and Liars
After months of delays because of tangled vetting procedures, the Obama administration plans to name Rajiv J. Shah as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, officials familiar with the appointment said on... Full Article at The Caucus
With the passage of the "ObamaCare" government health insurance plan in the House of Representatives, the debate over the proper course of health care reform continues to heat up. Full Article at Town Hall
* Senate delays likely to doom Obama's end-of-year goal * Democrats hope for first action on healthcare next week By John Whitesides and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday they hope to... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions. Full Article at NewsMax
WASHINGTON — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday. Full Article at Vail Daily
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) has proposed legislation that would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, removing much of the regulatory authority in that area from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit... Full Article at Consumer Affairs
Freshman Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, said Tuesday that President Obama has misplayed his attempt to reform U.S. heath care by focusing on insurance coverage instead of explaining that the current system is headed toward a financial... Full Article at The Politico
We need to target health care costs, not just insurance for everyone. Why are our health care costs out of control? If [Obama] had the public option, that would not do a thing to bring down health care costs.
while Catholic voters are split on President Obama’s ideas for healthcare reform, they do want to see costs lowered and overwhelmingly support a government plan that would make health insurance available to the uninsured.
The high cost of health insurance premiums would continue to put coverage out of reach for millions even if Congress approves legislation President Obama says is intended to ensure 'that every American has affordable health care,'
That's why we've heard (President Barack) Obama moving from talking about health care reform to health insurance reform. Let's create a boogeyman
As President Obama's push for a healthcare overhaul moves toward its final act, the oft-vilified health insurance industry is on the verge of seeing a plan enacted that largely protects its financial interests
Instead of handing out favors to big insurance companies, Republicans should work with President Obama and Democrats in Congress to pass the health insurance reform our country needs.
Voting is set for Saturday on the 10-year, $1.2 trillion legislation that embraces Obama's goals of extending health coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and putting tough new restrictions on insurance companies.
One week before Barack Obama reinjects himself into the Virginia governor’s race, Creigh Deeds, the Democratic candidate, said that he would ‘certainly’ consider taking his state out of a government insurance option if given the chance.
The Senate Finance Committee-passed health care bill includes an 'individual mandate' that Americans must buy an insurance policy or pay a fine, an approach that tracks President Barack Obama's health care proposals. But if enacted into law, this mandate would be glaringly unconstitutional.
This isn't over until I'm standing with President Obama and he's signing a bill into law that delivers what Nevadans are demanding — real health insurance reform
As [President Obama] said to Congress and the nation in September, he supports the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition
Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul ... A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They're locked in a battle with liberals, with the fate of President ...
Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President Barack Obama's effort to overhaul the health care industry
Tell President Obama to stand with Senate Democrats and the American public to ensure the Senate bill includes a strong public health insurance optionnot Senator Snowe's 'trigger.'
And, we’ll sit down with representatives from the health insurance industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to discuss their current relationship with the Obama administration.
President Obama's chief economic forecaster went to bat on Monday for a tax on high-priced insurance plans, the so-called 'Cadillac tax,' calling it 'probably the number one item that health economists across the ideological spectrum believe is likely to stem the explosion of health-care costs.'
The Obama administration is trying to be, I don't know how to put it, half-pregnant with the insurance industry and the pharmaceutical companies ... They're to some degree the source of our problem.
The insurance industry and the Obama administration are increasingly at odds over key provisions in the [Finance] bill
The Affordable Health Care for America Act reflects the hard work and input of many members of Congress and the American people and lives up to the principles that President Obama has laid out. We are closer than ever to guaranteeing every American access to quality, affordable health insurance and givi...
America's Health Insurance Plans, an association of insurance companies now battling with President Obama over the final shape of health care legislation, racked up $6.3 million in lobbying expenses this year - $1 million more than the same period in 2008, according to lobbying reports filed with Congre...
Insurance companies, once the allies of the Obama health care proposal, have suddenly become the source of all our health care problems -- because they pointed out, again correctly, that if Congress taxes insurance premiums and restricts coverage to those who are sicker and older, the cost of premiums f...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said today that the Senate is unlikely to approve major health care legislation this year that includes a pure form of the controversial government-operated insurance program, following White House signals over the weekend that President Obama did n...
If President Barack Obama can bail out banks, insurance giant AIG and the auto industry, he should do better than his recent call on Congress to approve a second round of $250 stimulus or recovery payments for over 50 million Social Security recipients
When the (House) bill was introduced last week, Obama was careful not to throw his weight behind the proposal. Instead, he highlighted provisions he liked such as the bill's insurance reforms and its public option, but he stopped short of endorsing the legislation
Everything I've spent my entire career on is happening in Washington D.C. Obama has put all of the issues on the table. He's opened the door to the possibility of change. Health care reform, climate issues, these are issues I've spent my lifetime working on ... The water issues of the west, dealing with...
Pelosi and Obama open to Jail Time for Those without Health Care Insurance?
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