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 Senate Democrats Clear 
 Health Care Hurdle, 60-39 

Reid gets 60 votes to open full debate after Thanksgiving recess

2 hours, 47 minutes ago

 Reid Gets 60th Vote: 
 Holdout Lincoln Agrees 

She'll allow health care bill to move forward; vote at 8pm

8 hours, 10 minutes ago
60 votes?

Landrieu's Officially In, Leaving Only One Holdout

She'll allow bill to move forward; Blanche Lincoln hasn't tipped her hand

9 hours, 55 minutes ago
showtime: 8pm

All Eyes on Blanche Lincoln in Cliffhanger Senate Vote

Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson expected to back health reform in first vote

14 hours, 36 minutes ago

 Palin Pulls in Big Bucks 
 —for Democrats 

'Going Rogue' boosts Dem fundraising to new high

15 hours, 10 minutes ago

Plastic Surgeons Make Faces Over Health Care Tax

Senate bill calls for 5% levy; critics cry sex discrimination

Nov 20, 09 10:44 AM CST
Nate Silver

Most Red State Dems Can Vote for Health Care

Only Blanche Lincoln faces 2010 fight, and she'll be a tough sell

Nov 20, 09 9:27 AM CST
OPINION

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

Nov 20, 09 1:50 AM CST
NATE SILVER & CO.

Senators See Upcoming Vote on Obama—Not Health

Eye constituents' votes in 2008, not polls on health care

Nov 19, 09 10:18 AM CST
OPINION


 GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy 
 Is Snarling Senate 

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

Nov 19, 09 9:43 AM CST

 Reid Rolls Out 
 Senate Health 
 Bill for Sat. 
 Showdown 

Public option weaker than House's, abortion restriction less severe

Nov 19, 09 7:40 AM CST

CBO Estimate: Senate
Health Bill Costs $849B

Figure clears the way for Reid to get measure rolling

Nov 18, 09 4:09 PM CST

Three Dems Threaten to Block Health Debate

Reid & Co. scramble to appease Lincoln, Nelson and Landrieu

Nov 18, 09 10:43 AM CST

 Reid 'Optimistic' 
 About 60 Votes 

Majority leader thinks he's got the support to send bill to the floor

Nov 18, 09 10:00 AM CST
Analysis

Abortion Amendment Not a Big Deal, by the Numbers

Only 13% of abortions are billed to private insurers

Nov 17, 09 8:46 AM CST

 Health Care Reform Foes 
 Outspend Friends 2:1 


Biz groups lavish $24M in last month on derailing Dem bill

Nov 17, 09 6:53 AM CST
KATHA POLLITT

Stupak Is the Last Straw—No More Caving!

Women should not 'take one for the team' on abortion coverage

Nov 16, 09 11:12 AM CST
poll

Public Doesn't Want to Pay for Health Care Fix

Americans support goals, but not if it will cost them personally

Nov 16, 09 10:17 AM CST

Wanted: Economist to Trash Health Bill

Foes look for an
expert to prove that Obamacare kills jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:01 AM CST

Obama, Dems Catch Flak From MSNBC

Left-leaning networks not afraid to hammer prez for moving right

Nov 16, 09 8:48 AM CST

 Drugmakers 
 Hike Prices 
 Ahead of Reform 

9% rise, in a year of falling prices, will add $10B to drug spending

Nov 16, 09 7:08 AM CST
OPINION

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

Nov 13, 09 4:07 PM CST
opinion

Call Lieberman's Bluff—Make Him Filibuster

Senate rules make delay tactic too easy for fence-sitters

Nov 13, 09 2:29 PM CST
best plan is no plan



 Goldman to Insurers: 
 Health Reform Will Hurt 

Who knew Wall Street and teabaggers could agree?

Nov 13, 09 9:48 AM CST


RSS

Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

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Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

16
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

7
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

6
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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