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(Newser) - Howard Dean didn't get the health cabinet post he wanted, and doesn't want the job that's open—surgeon general—but is pushing President Obama's health-care plan just the same, the Washington Times reports. "Democrats can’t cave," says the former doc. Obama’s plan is "perfect,"... More »

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alternative energy • Rush Limbaugh • Howard Dean • literacy • Rahm Emanuel • Democratic National Committee • health care reform • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

 Obama Sings 
 Happy Birthday 
 to Kennedy 

Musical tribute honors senator's battle for health care reform

Mar 9, 09 2:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is no Marilyn Monroe, but he sang a heartfelt Happy Birthday to Ted Kennedy yesterday as part of a star-studded musical tribute to the ailing senator, AP reports. Obama shared the Kennedy Center stage with Bill Cosby, Lauren Bacall and James Taylor. Also attending was Caroline Kennedy, who... More »

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Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • senator • brain cancer • President Obama

 Now is Kennedy's Chance 
 for Health Reform 

'Stars are better aligned' with friendly president, business community

Mar 8, 09 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recent praise of Ted Kennedy has “the feeling of a grand farewell,” but don't bury the cancer-stricken senator just yet, Eleanor Clift writes in Newsweek. Far from it—the liberal lion is "burning up the phone lines" as the third and best shot at enacting his cherished... More »

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cancer • health care • Barack Obama • Ted Kennedy • universal health care • health care reform • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

(AP) - A Democratic official rebuked Rush Limbaugh today for suggesting a health-care proposal will be named in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer. On his radio show, Limbaugh said President Obama's proposed revisions will be championed by "the liberal lion Teddy Kennedy. Before it's all over,... More »

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Congress • Rush Limbaugh • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • brain cancer • President Obama • health plan • Brian Wolff • Bill Maher Grid

Obama Open
to Compromise on Health Care

He tells summit:
'I just want to figure
out what works'

Mar 5, 09 5:01 PM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama said today's health care summit at the White House made clear the immediate need for reform, and he signaled he's open to compromise. Obama told participants at the end of the summit that although he offered a plan during last year's campaign, he isn't wedded to that... More »

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health care • White House • public health • health care reform • President Obama

 Kennedy Plans Stop 
 at Health Summit 

Would be the senator's
first public appearance since inauguration

Mar 5, 09 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Ill health hasn’t stopped Ted Kennedy from planning a surprise visit to today’s White House health-care reform summit, the Washington Post reports. The senator will appear with President Obama if his health permits, said administration insiders. Kennedy, a strong advocate for universal health care, is suffering from brain... More »

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health care • White House • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • summit • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Sebelius Made Little Progress on Health in Partisan Kan.

Kansas guv could get another shot as health secretary

Mar 2, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - As governor of Kansas, President Obama’s new pick for health secretary has plenty of experience working with Republicans—but little success pushing her health plans through the GOP-controlled legislature, the New York Times reports. If she is confirmed, she’ll have another chance to expand coverage in what could... More »

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health care • Department of Health • Kansas • health care reform • health secretary • Kathleen Sebelius • state legislature • Obama administration • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - Toughened by years in the political wilderness, liberal lobbyists are organized and ready to support President Obama on issues ranging from health care to taxing the rich, the New York Times reports. “This is no longer going to be Barack Obama standing by himself getting pilloried by the special... More »

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media • Clinton administration • liberals • health care reform • Center for American Progress • Obama administration • John Podesta • President Obama

  Dems Balk at 
 Obama Tax on Rich 

Increased burden on high-tax states to fund health reform, claims admin

Feb 27, 09 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is about to get into his first tax battle and, surprisingly, it might be with Democrats. Politico reports that Obama’s proposal to limit the federal tax deduction of state and local taxes for the wealthy is running into opposition from officials from high-tax, largely Democratic states. Obama’... More »

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Charles Schumer • taxes • health care reform • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

ANALYSIS

Obama's 'All-In' Budget Presents Huge Risks

President banks his future on an ambitious economic reinvention

Feb 27, 09 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - With his first budget, Barack Obama has presented a program of stunning cost and complexity that underlines his ambition to transform the United States, writes Dan Balz in the Washington Post. Its $600-billion-plus health package, taxes on the wealthy that exceed campaign rhetoric, and shocking $1.75 trillion deficit show... More »

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Barack Obama • taxes • deficit • US economy • health care reform • 2009 budget

MARKETS

 Insurers Propel Dow Down 89 

Obama budget boosts some financials

Feb 26, 09 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks turned lower today amid grim economic news and varied responses to President Obama’s budget, the Wall Street Journal reports. Durable goods sank and jobless claims rose, and insurers Aetna and Humana dropped sharply over fears of adverse effects from the administration's healthcare reform. The Dow fell 88.81... More »

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Dow Jones • budget • Nasdaq • health care reform • Humana • Aetna • S&P 500 • President Obama

Obama Budget Taxes Wealthy
to Expand Health Care

Projects deficit will
soar to $1.75T

Feb 26, 09 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama's budget plan, which he delivers to Congress today, attempts to balance a broad spending program with a commitment to slash the deficit in half by the end of his first term. It calls for tax increases on the wealthy and spending cuts to fund a "down payment"... More »

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Barack Obama • cap and trade • budget • tax cuts • health care reform • 2009 budget • Obama administration • Peter Orszag

analysis

Obama Trying to Shift
Burden to the Rich


Feb 25, 09 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - As details trickle out about President Obama's budget, one clear picture is emerging—he is dead-set on making the rich pay more, write Jackie Calmes and Robert Pear in the New York Times. In the latest example, he plans to fund half of his health-care reform through tax increases on... More »

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taxes • health care reform • economic stimulus package • federal budget • President Obama

OPINION

Is Obama Trying to Fix Too Much at Once?

Despite new prez's gifts, Brooks worries he's moving too fast

Feb 24, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - David Brooks is not a liberal, but the New York Times columnist doesn't hesitate to call himself "a great admirer of Barack Obama and those around him." Yet as the new administration has thrown itself at a dozen staggering problems, from fixing health care and the auto industry... More »

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Barack Obama • government • liberals • auto industry • health care reform • economic stimulus package • David Brooks • Obama administration

Republicans Hope for 1994 All Over Again

But Dems are in a
better position than
they were under Clinton

Feb 23, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is banking on change, but Republicans are betting things haven’t changed much at all. They’re hoping to bounce back from the political wasteland using the same playbook that swept them into power in 1994, Jeanne Cummings writes in Politico. The strategy: Unite against Democrats' economic policy,... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • health insurance • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Grover Norquist • economic stimulus package • political strategy • Republicans

Back-Room Consensus: Require Health Insurance for All

Kennedy leads meetings with industry

Feb 20, 09 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of unprecedented back-room meetings among the biggest players in health care is close to a consensus: Any new legislation will require that every American have insurance, the New York Times reports. The next part, of course, is trickier: figuring out how to enforce it, how to make it... More »

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health care • health insurance • insurance companies • business • Ted Kennedy • health care industry • Medicaid • labor unions • health care reform

ANALYSIS

Daschle Defeat Can't Delay Health Reform

Because of recession, even more people
need help now

Feb 6, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s a pity Tom Daschle couldn’t stick around, notes the Economist, because his experience would be useful in navigating health reform through Senate straits. The recession is depriving more of care, and though President Obama’s short-term moves are good, a big fix is needed. Absent Daschle, “... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Senate • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Max Baucus • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Losing Daschle Hurts, but Won't Kill Health Plans

Replacing his political clout will be the biggest challenge

Feb 3, 09 4:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The loss of Tom Daschle is a blow to President Obama’s plans for health-care reform, but the administration still has the resources to get the job done, Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic. Daschle was not only to head the Department of Health and Human Services, but also... More »

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Department of Health • Jennifer Granholm • health care reform • Kathleen Sebelius • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • President Obama • White House Office of Health Reform • Jeanne M. Lambrew • Jonathan Cohn

OPINION

 Times to 
 Daschle: 
 Go Home 

Tax, conflict-of-interest issues should disqualify ex-Senate leader

Feb 3, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of revelations about his tax oversights and industry ties, the New York Times is calling on Tom Daschle to step aside and let Barack Obama pick a “less-blemished” Health and Human Services secretary. Daschle’s $128,000 tax lapse dwarfs even Tim Geithner’s. “... More »

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Health and Human Services • tax evasion • lobbyists • health care reform • UnitedHealth • Tom Daschle • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

GLOSSIES

 A Surgeon's Case for 
 Universal Health Care 

If every other industrialization nation and Massachusetts can do it, so can the feds

Jan 19, 09 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - If Americans are smart, they'll learn from other nations—and Massachusetts—in building a system of universal health care, writes surgeon Atul Gawande in The New Yorker. The rise of health reform "is surprising and instructive" in nations like the UK and France, which made controversial changes after... More »

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health care • public health • universal health care • hospital • health care reform • policy changes • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

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