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health care industry stories: 42 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Lieberman, Bayh Wives
in Bed with Health Biz

Ties to pharma, insurers  make filibuster threats suspect

Oct 30, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The threats from Sens. Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh to help filibuster any health reform bill with a public option should come as no surprise to anybody familiar with their family finances, writes Joe Conason. Lieberman's wife Hadassah spent 30 years working in the corporate health sector for pharmaceutical firms... More »

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health care • Joe Lieberman • health care industry • lobbying • health care reform • Evan Bayh • WellPoint • public option • Susan Bayh

sausage and politics

Dems Helped Shape Health Industry Ad Campaign

Meeting raises questions about ties to big business

Oct 16, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say... More »

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ethics • Barack Obama • advertising • pharma • health care industry • lobbying • lobbyists • health care reform • Max Baucus • special interests • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama

Health Bill Author Baucus Reaps $1.5M From Industry

Finance chairman raked in donations while crafting measure

Oct 2, 09 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's no secret that Capitol Hill is awash in money from the health-care industry but the amounts involved are far larger than many realize, according to a new report from a watchdog group. The Sunlight Foundation found that many senators—especially Montana Democrat Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance... More »

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health care industry • lobbyist • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • political donations

Analysis

Baucus Bill Gives Obama
a Route to Compromise

White House serene amidst complaints

Sep 17, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may not look like anyone’s happy with Max Baucus’ health care bill, but it has some very important backers: the health care industries it seeks to reform. Influential players who long ago struck a bargain with the Obama administration “found elements to dislike,” writes Ceci Connolly... More »

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Barack Obama • health care industry • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus

OPINION

Liberals Ought to Ditch the Public Option

An incentivized private market can cover everyone, at lower cost

Sep 8, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals need to abandon the notion that no health care reform is acceptable without a public option, former Clinton aide and health industry consultant Matt Miller writes in the Washington Post. Progressives’ top priority should be to make sure every American can access group coverage outside an employment... More »

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Switzerland • Netherlands • health care industry • Clinton administration • health care reform • public option

(Newser) - If an industry group's cooking competition is any indication, the Wall Street Journal reports, hospital food ain’t what it used to be. This year's winner of the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management's gold medal produced a “Machaca Flat Iron Steak” that met with his hospital nutritionist’... More »

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cooking • steak • cuisine • health care industry • contest • hospital food • executive chef • National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management

OPINION

Health Care Is a Public Good; It's Time Dems Explain Why

'The health of each of us depends on the health of the rest of us'

Sep 2, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats are in danger of losing the health care reform battle over an argument "that a novice debater would have no trouble putting down," writes Thomas Frank for the Wall Street Journal. Reformers need to directly address the role of government in health care, Frank writes, and... More »

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health care • health insurance • Medicare • health care industry • Medicaid • health care reform • Obama administration

(Newser) - Everybody's thinking small on health care reform, writes David Goldhill in the Atlantic. Our system is so abysmal—the headline on his lengthy piece is "How American Health Care Killed My Father"—that it needs a radical restructuring, and that should start with insurance. Let's just stop buying... More »

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health care • health insurance • hospitals • health care industry • health care reform • medical care

Americans Split on Health Care Priorities: Poll

But they're divided by race, age, location,
not political party

Aug 10, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans have differing priorities for health care reform based not on a Republican/Democrat divide but on their race, age, and location, a USA Today/Gallup poll found. A majority of African-American and Latino voters among those polled think extending coverage to the uninsured should be the most important aspect of reform... More »

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race • health insurance • African Americans • health care industry • Latinos • health care reform • South • women's issues

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs—the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats who have been fighting to kill health care reform proposals the industry doesn’t like—receive far more money from that industry than their non-coalition-member counterparts, the Washington Post reports. The reform push has been a boon for the lawmakers' ledgers;... More »

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health care • Arkansas • House of Representatives • health care industry • lobbyists • health care reform • Mike Ross • House Democrats • special interests • moderate • insurance industry • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs are threatening to sink health care reform in the House for reasons that don't seem to add up, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times. The coalition of conservative Democrats—whose support President Obama needs—is crying loudly about fiscal responsibility, Krugman writes, while at the... More »

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health care • House of Representatives • health care industry • Democrat • health care reform • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama

Bayh's Wife
in Deep With Health Industry

Senator says his vote unaffected by Susan's myriad board positions

Jul 27, 09 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As both sides of the health care debate court Sen. Evan Bayh's elusive vote, his wife's earnings from the industry are raising more than a few eyebrows. The Indianapolis Star  takes a look at Susan Bayh, who pulled down some $2.1 million between 2006 and 2008 for serving... More »

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health care • Indiana • health care industry • health care reform • Evan Bayh • WellPoint • board of directors • conflict of interest • Susan Bayh

(Newser) - President Obama's push for health care reform is hitting heavy turbulence, but Mark Halperin of Time lays out 7 reasons not to bet against him:
  • Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and all the committee chairs "are still on board."
  • Get a bill to conference committee, and the
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health care • Congress • health care industry • health care reform • President Obama

Dems Propose 5.4% Tax on Top Earners for Health Care

Legislation proposes paying for coverage with a new tax on the wealthy

Jul 14, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - And they're off: House Democrats unveiled their bill to reform the US health care system today, the Hill reports. The bill includes a government-run insurance option to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans and would impose new taxes on the wealthy to pay for it all, notes Politico. The... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • House of Representatives • health care industry • universal health care • Obama administration

MARKETS

 Dow Climbs 44; Oil Prices Fall 

Investors await the arrival of 2nd-quarter earnings

Jul 6, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continued declines in oil and other commodities depressed equities today, but broad advances in health-care stocks offset them, the Wall Street Journal reports. Oil fell $1.58 to $64.08 a barrel and has dropped 8.4% since July 1. Many traders are holding off on big bets until the... More »

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Dow Jones • Alcoa • health care industry • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • oil prices • energy sector

Baucus Hustles Health Industry for Savings

'Shakes down' docs, hospitals, pharma to help trim cost of plan

Jun 27, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Max Baucus is “shaking people down” to pay for health care reform, one industry insider tells Politico, pressuring hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and doctors to find savings. “They’re playing hardball, and they’re serious about it,” the insider says. The drug maker trade group PhRMA has... More »

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health care industry • Congressional Budget Office • health care reform • Max Baucus

MARKETS

 Health Care Nudges Dow Up 58 


Jun 18, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Markets were up today on a strong performance from the volatile financial sector and continued gains for health-care stocks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investors are confident that President Obama's health reform will be whittled down, leaving room for industry profits. The Dow was up 58.42, to 8,555.... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • New York Stock Exchange • Dow Jones • health care industry • health care reform • financial sector • S&P 500 • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Social Security Easily Fixed; Medicare Is Another 'Monster'

Worry about that, not easy-to-fix social security: Reich

May 13, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - After yesterday’s news that Social Security and Medicare funds will run out of money earlier than previously predicted, it’s the latter that should really scare us, former Labor secretary Robert Reich writes for Salon. A slight tax tweak fixes Social Security, but “Medicare is entirely different. It’... More »

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Medicare • health care industry • health care reform • Social Security • Social Security trustees • Robert Reich • President Obama

analysis

 Health Care Reform: 
 What We Can Agree On 

High costs hurt all of us—here's how we can cut them

May 13, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The issue of health care reform crops up regularly, then disappears—but now it may have a foothold, writes Karen Tumulty in Time. That’s because the focus of the issue is on the current system’s huge cost to everyone. Much of the spending may be unnecessary, and a... More »

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health care costs • health care industry • health care reform • incentives • Obama administration • President Obama • Peter Orszag • 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

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