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Partisan Rift Stalls Health Reform, for Now

Posted Jan 20, 08 7:29 PM CST in Politics,  Science & Health 

(Newser) – A partisan split over health care will likely stall all attempts at reform, at least until a new president takes office next year, the AP reports. Bush's health secretary, Mike Leavitt, opposes Dem ideas about negotiating drug prices and boosting dollars for children's care. “I’m not expecting too much cooperation or bipartisanship,” said Texas GOP Rep. Joe Barton.

Democrats plan another try at overriding Bush's veto on kids' health care, and say the plan can help 4 million children in poverty. Leavitt calls the program “government run health care,” but Dem Rep. Frank Pallone says the branding is unfair. The Bush administration is "into this ideological labeling of everything, even when there's no basis for it," he said.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, stands with Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, after the House failed to override...   (Associated Press)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, center, speaks as Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, left, and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson listen during a news conference at the Department...   (Associated Press)
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)   (Associated Press)
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt leave a mobile health care unit after visiting the Daughters of Charity Health Center in New Orleans, Thursday, April 5, 2007. Leavitt was touring...   (Associated Press)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, meets with Dara Wilkerson and her daughter Bethany, 2, of Tampa, Fla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, Bethany who was born with a...   (Associated Press)
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