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Baucus to Push for Bipartisan Health Bill

'Gang of six' chair will test whether GOP
has any interest

Sep 4, 09 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic Senator Max Baucus said today he will test the waters of bipartisanship in health care reform, the New York Times reports. After a month of angry nationwide debate, the Senate Finance Committee chair plans to present the bipartisan group of six with a formal health proposal as early as... More »

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health care • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Max Baucus • conference call • Mike Enzi

 Firefighters Play 
 ER Docs to 
 Uninsured 

Medical calls have more than doubled since 1980

Sep 4, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Operating in a poor area where many lack health insurance, a DC firehouse battles far more than just flames: Some 80% of its calls are for medical emergencies. Because it is believed to respond fastest, Washington’s fire department zooms to almost all the city’s emergency calls alongside EMS,... More »

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health care • health insurance • firefighters • primary care • emergency responders • Washington, DC • ambulance

 Survey Finds 
 Unemployed 
 'Traumatized' 

Two thirds of Americans who have lost jobs experience depression

Sep 3, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(AP) - The recession has left many jobless workers struggling to cope with the psychological stress, a new study finds. Researchers at Rutgers University said the financial strain that comes with being out of work, combined with the daunting task of seeking new employment in a difficult job market, has left many... More »

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health care • depression • recession • unemployment • job market • trauma • recession depression

OPINION

 Obama Success 
 Could Hinge 
 on Address 

Big speech to Congress next week likely to make or break health care reform

Sep 3, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's address to a  joint session of Congress next Wednesday could well be the biggest moment of his presidency, Nate Silver writes in FiveThirtyEight. Two-thirds of voters are still confused about the president's plans for health care, and this speech will be a make-or-break chance to give them some... More »

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health care • Congress • Clinton administration • health care reform • speech • Obama administration • President Obama

Rural States Would Gain Most From Health Reform...

...but their vehement residents want it least

Sep 2, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - With some of the highest percentages of uninsured citizens, rural states like Wyoming and Iowa stand to benefit the most from health care reform—but they’re also home to its most vocal detractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. Such states tend to have lower personal incomes, more small businesses... More »

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health care • Medicare • Medicaid • health care reform • uninsured • town hall meeting • rural America

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

US Retirees Find Flat-Rate Health Bargain in Mexico

IMSS system offers good care for flat rate

Sep 1, 09 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico might have a raging drug war and rampant corruption, USA Today reports—but it also has a health-care system that is the envy of many Americans. In fact, many retirees too young for Medicare are moving to Mexico to take advantage of the plan offered by the Mexican Social... More »

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health care • Mexico • Medicare • retirees • health care reform • public option • Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

More Americans Think They
Can Cover Health Costs: Poll

But uninsured far less likely to think they can pay medical bills

Aug 31, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - One reason more Americans may not be backing President Obama's health care overhaul: increasing numbers of citizens say they don't need help. A Reuters poll shows that the percentage of Americans who think they can pay for medical treatments rose 12 points since March, with the wealthy feeling more confident... More »

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health care • health care costs • poll • Thomson Reuters • health care reform

 Dems Plan Rallies to 
 Counteract Ugly Town Halls 

Health care reform advocates look 
 to Obama '08 playbook

Aug 31, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Obama supporters will try to recapture the energy of his presidential campaign with a two-week health care reform push featuring a bus tour, rallies, and more than 2,000 house parties. Organizing for America, the network of Obama supporters now run by the Democratic National Committee, aims to show lawmakers... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • rally • health care reform • town hall meeting • campaign rally

 New Orleans Clinic Gives 
 Jazz Musicians Free Care 

Volunteer doctors eagerly treat musical idols

Aug 30, 09 5:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - One New Orleans couple is so passionate about jazz that they give musicians free or low-cost health care, NBC News reports. The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, founded 11 years ago, tries “to prevent death by lifestyle" for low-paid musicians who can’t afford treatment, says one founder. "We... More »

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health care • music • New Orleans • Louisiana • jazz • musician • clinic • Jay-ZTV

 GOP Candidates 
 Hold Own Town Halls 

Republicans jump on Democrats' reluctance to host ugly meetings

Aug 30, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican candidates across the country are staging their own health care town halls in a bid to upstage Democratic incumbents, Politico reports. With many Democrats declining to host the rowdy events, GOP challengers have seized on town halls as easy tickets to voter connection and press coverage. “By the... More »

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health care • Republican Party • health care reform • Republican candidate • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • congressional candidates

Rush to Obama: Hands Off
My Private Parts

Limbaugh makes leap from CDC advisory to mandatory circumcision

Aug 28, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says President Obama is out to get his foreskin. Seriously. Or at least semi-seriously. It all started when the the Centers for Disease Control reported that it's thinking of issuing an advisory touting the health beneifits of male circumcision in infancy, writes Gabriel Winant for Salon. Conservative blogger... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • parenting • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Rush Limbaugh • circumcision • President Obama • death panel

Analysis

CBO Is Usually Wrong on Health Reform Numbers


Aug 26, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Congressional Budget Office is a much-respected institution, and its integrity is beyond question, but it’s got a really lousy record when it comes to estimating the effects of health care reform, writes researcher Jon Gabel in the New York Times. It has drastically underestimated savings from each... More »

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health care • cost cutting • Medicare • Congressional Budget Office • health care reform

(AP) - Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won't be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next 2 years. That hasn't happened since automatic increases... More »

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health care • elderly • Medicare • Social Security

(Newser) - Edward Kennedy’s terminal illness has become a powerful symbol in the health care debate, Politico reports, though not necessarily in the way the Massachusetts senator would like. Although Kennedy recently wrote that he wants all Americans “to get the same treatment that US senators are entitled to,”... More »

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health care • health care costs • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • death panel

 Health Battle Tests 
 Obama Grassroots Group 

Organizing for America struggles to become force for policy activism

Aug 23, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Jeremy Bird, deputy director of Organizing for America, the battle for health care reform takes the shape of the numerous meetings he’s had with discouraged volunteers across Wisconsin this weekend. The OFA network is smaller and underfunded compared with its campaign-era version, and volunteers feel “outshouted” by... More »

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health care • Wisconsin • political activism • grassroots • health care reform • Obama administration • Organizing for America

Daschle Still Working With Obama Behind the Scenes

Met with president
to talk health care

Aug 22, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Daschle may not be Health and Human Services secretary, but he still has President Obama’s ear. The ex-senator met with Obama yesterday to discuss health care reform, the Washington Post reports. Daschle has been informally advising senior aide Pete Rouse and health care czar Nancy-Ann DeParle throughout... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care reform • Tom Daschle

 Obama Urges 
 Activists to
 Retake Health 
 Care Debate 

White House struggles to regain message control

Aug 20, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama urged the grassroots activists who helped him so much in the presidential campaign to do the same in the health care debate, Politico reports. “Now come on," the president told members of Organizing for America in a conference call today. "The best ambassadors for true... More »

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health care • White House • conservative • grassroots • health care reform • Obama administration • Organizing for America

(Newser) - Chuck Grassley, the leading Republican senator negotiating health care reform, said yesterday that Congress should pass a substantially narrower bill in the face of town hall anger. The Iowa legislator said baying crowds at public meetings had convinced him that the public has rejected "a government takeover of health... More »

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health care • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • health care reform • town hall meeting • bipartisanship

(Newser) - In the latest health care-related video to go viral, a woman at a Las Vegas town hall on health care shouted “Heil Hitler!” at an Israeli man as he spoke to a local TV station about Israel’s “fantastic” national health care program, ThinkProgress reports. “Did... More »

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health care • Israel • Las Vegas • Adolf Hitler • health care reform • town hall meeting • Jewish • Israelis • Pamela Pilger

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