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Ex-CEO, Swift-Boaters Lead Attack on Health Reform

Rick Scott ties Democrats' plans to Canadian, British systems

May 11, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - As leading Democrats prepare for a health care overhaul, the loudest opposition isn’t coming from GOP leaders—it’s coming from investor and former hospital CEO Rick Scott, with the help of the team that “Swift-boated” John Kerry, the Washington Post reports. Scott is spending $5 million of... More »

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health care • bureaucracy • health care reform • campaign • Swift Boating • Rick Scott • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Top health care industry reps meeting with President Obama today plan to say they can reduce costs by $2 trillion over the next 10 years to help him overhaul the health care system, Bloomberg reports. Committed to reforming health care this year, the coalition, which brings together insurance, hospitals, pharma,... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • health care industry • health care reform • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 6 Steps 
 to Reform 
 Health Care 
 Now: Kennedy 

Senator lists needed steps for system overhaul

May 4, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - This is the year to end an “American tragedy” and overhaul health care, Sen. Ted Kennedy writes in Politico. The Census Bureau said last year that 46 million Americans had no health insurance--and the economic crisis has added another 4 million to the ranks of the uninsured. It’s... More »

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health care • health insurance • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • uninsured

(Newser) - President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system got a big boost today as the Senate followed the lead of the House and approved a $3.4 trillion budget plan, the Washington Post reports. The approval sets the stage for lawmakers to hammer out legislation over the summer... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • budget • health care reform • President Obama

 Doctor Shortage 
 Could Hurt Obama 
 Health Care Plans 

More primary care physicians are needed to serve aging population, uninsured

Apr 27, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ambitious plants to expand health care for millions of currently uninsured Americans while simultaneously meeting the needs of aging boomers, may be stymied not only by politics-as-usual but a shortage of primary care physicians, the New York Times reports. Officials are weighing several options, including increasing Medicare payments... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • universal health care • National Health Service • shortage • health care reform • primary care

Dems Fast-Track Health Care Overhaul

Filibuster-proof tactic likely to enrage GOP

Apr 25, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders in Congress have agreed to adopt a filibuster-proof tactic to get President Obama's health care bill passed before the year is out, reports the New York Times. The tactic—known as "budget reconciliation"—will let the bill pass the Senate with a simple majority instead of... More »

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Congress • Senate • filibuster • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama

Liberals to Obama: Don't
Sell Us Out on Health Care

President considering compromise on key public insurance measure

Apr 21, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Progressive groups are worried that President Obama is going to go wobbly on them on health care. The Washington Post reports that the president has signaled he's open to compromise on the inclusion of a public insurance plan. Key conservatives like Sen. Charles Grassley hate the idea of a public... More »

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health insurance • Charles Grassley • labor unions • health care reform • Tom Daschle • President Obama • Andy Stern

analysis

 GOP Lacks Focus, Leaders 
 on Health Care 


Dems' organization on issue towers over Republicans'

Apr 20, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Democrats build up serious steam on health-care reform, the GOP has been left behind, with no firm message, no plan, little funding, and no clear leaders on the issue, writes Carrie Budoff Brown for Politico. Republicans fear the lag could make opposition to President Obama’s plans difficult. “... More »

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health care • Democrats • health care reform • momentum • organization • President Obama • Republicans • Rick Scott

Congress Will Likely Pass Up Climate Change for Health Care

Dems think health bill
is easier to pass

Apr 20, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress returns from recess today with both health care and climate change on its plate, and it’s looking increasingly likely that it will favor the former, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Health-care reform should be first among equals,” says one rep. Though he also expects to... More »

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(Newser) - One is a 59-year-old liberal who used to advocate for senior citizens. The other is a 75-year-old conservative businessman. But together senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Robert Bennett of Utah may have crafted a bipartisan health plan with legs, writes Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal. Their... More »

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health insurance • Robert S. Bennett • universal health care • health care reform • Ron Wyden

Frenetic White House Braces for Congress' Roadblocks

Long-term push for big items will go with day-to-day small initiatives

Apr 7, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - They knew it would happen: Despite impressive speed out of the blocks, the Obama administration now faces the inevitable slowdown to a typical congressional crawl, as its agenda meets resistance from members of both parties. Energy and global warming plans are likely to be the toughest sell, Mike Allen writes... More »

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Congress • Henry Waxman • health care reform • energy policy • Obama administration • President Obama

Many Medicare Patients Leave Hospital, Then Quickly Return

Readmissions cost
US billions a year

Apr 2, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - One-third of all Medicare patients hospitalized each year are readmitted within 90 days of being discharged, costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually, a new study found. Meanwhile, half of patients who went back in the first month after treatment had not seen a doctor in the interim. "Given the... More »

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health care • health care costs • New England Journal of Medicine • budget • hospital • health care reform • hospitalization

 Docs Foresee Trouble 
 With Digitizing Records 

For electronic records, money is there but technology isn't

Mar 26, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration's push to digitize health records is raising red flags with an important constituency: doctors. "We have a long way to go," said the lead author of a report out today that shows only 9% of hospitals have computerized records. His article is part of a... More »

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hospitals • New England Journal of Medicine • software • health care reform • open source • digital storage • medical records • online medical records

(Newser) - The push for health care reform got a significant boost today: Big insurers say they are willing to stop charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing medical conditions, the New York Times reports. In the surprise move, industry leaders say they are willing to give up the practice if Congress... More »

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Congress • health insurance • health insurance premiums • health care reform • health insurers

Don't Use Budget Process for Big Reform: GOP to Obama

Procedure would allow Democrats to pass agenda with 51 votes

Mar 24, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - To circumvent a likely 60-vote minimum in the Senate for big-ticket bills like health reform, President Obama is considering pursuing proposals through a budgetary tactic known as reconciliation, where just 51 votes are needed and no filibustering is allowed. But Republicans are having none of it, Politico reports. Senate Republican... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • filibuster • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • reconciliation • bipartisanship • federal budget • Robert Byrd • Obama administration • President Obama • Tom Carper

ANALYSIS

 Health Care 
 Debate Turns 
 Nastier 


Mar 21, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The claws have come out in the Capitol Hill debate on whether the government should create a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers, Politico reports. One of the first tangible signs begins today with an advocacy group's TV ad campaign against Sen. Charles Grassley in his home state... More »

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Congress • Washington DC • Charles Grassley • health care reform • AFSCME • Obama administration • President Obama • Health Care for America Now • ad buy

It's Now or Never for Health Care Reform: Grassley

Election politics will only make reform more difficult, Grassley says

Mar 19, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s promised health care reform must happen this year—or it won't happen at all in the next four years, says a key GOP senator. Charles Grassley—he'll play a major role in any new legislation as the ranking Republican on the finance panel—warns that election politics... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • universal health care • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Obama administration

Nine Senators Hold Key to Health Reform

Baucus leads 'Board
of Directors' in tough bipartisan negotiations

Mar 16, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Barack Obama succeeds in overhauling America's health care system by the end of 2009, he'll have to thank a bipartisan group of nine senators charged with developing a bill that can muster 60 votes. The "Board of Directors"—named by Max Baucus, Obama's go-to figure for health... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Orrin Hatch • Chris Dodd • Charles Grassley • health care reform • John D. Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Kent Conrad • Judd Gregg

Prez Won't
Fight Tax on
Health Benefits

Plan echoes McCain proposal slammed by campaigning Obama

Mar 15, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite attacking John McCain for the idea on the campaign trail, President Obama will not oppose taxing some worker health benefits to fund health care reform, reports the New York Times reports. On the stump, Obama called a similar plan “the largest middle-class tax increase in history.” While... More »

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John McCain • health care costs • employer • health care reform • Obama administration • taxation • President Obama

 Report: US Gets 
 Less Health for More $$$ 

Other nations in better health despite spending less

Mar 12, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(AP) - If the global economy were a 100-yard dash, the US would start 23 yards behind its competitors because its health care costs too much—about $2.4 trillion a year—and delivers too little, says a report out today. The authors and leading CEOs say the US funnels away resources... More »

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health care costs • insurance companies • United States • universal health care • health care reform • President Obama

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