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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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Eugene Robinson

We Must
Reduce Health Care Costs*

*But please don't
touch mine, no
matter how wasteful

10 hours, 25 minutes ago

At One Clinic,
Two Standards
of Care

Separate entrance, faster service for those who pay out of pocket

Nov 23, 09 12:12 PM CST
Eyes on 2010

 Lincoln 
 Swings to 
 Center of 
 Health Debate 

Dems come calling as GOP eyes her seat in 2010

Nov 22, 09 1:03 PM CST
OPINION

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

Nov 20, 09 1:50 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

Wanted: Economist to Trash Health Bill

Foes look for an
expert to prove that Obamacare kills jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:01 AM CST
Puppetmasters

Big Pharma Lobbyists Put Words Into Reps' Mouths

We 'didn't know' where the language came from, reps plead

Nov 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
ANALYSIS

Why the Senate Health Bill Will Move at a Crawl

Dems will be lucky to get it through before xmas

Nov 12, 09 4:55 AM CST
OPINION

 Democrats Ought 
 to Thank Stupak 

Congressman brings the party in line with the public on abortion

Nov 11, 09 1:40 PM CST
Steven Pearlstein

Dems Should Embrace a Health Care Filibuster

Open, Senate debate is preferable to backroom negotiations

Nov 11, 09 1:07 PM CST

 GOP Wants to Resurrect 
 That Town Hall Feeling 

Party hopes to drum up anger over health bills

Nov 11, 09 12:23 PM CST
BLOWBACK DEPT.

Dems Who Dissed Health Bill Feel Their Party's Wrath

39 House Democrats voted against it

Nov 11, 09 10:51 AM CST

 Lack of Health 
 Insurance Kills 
  2K Veterans 
 a Year 

2,266 died last year, a study finds

Nov 11, 09 8:16 AM CST
OPINION

 Time to 
 Drop-Kick 
 the Dems, 
 Ladies 

Is the party prepared to get reelected without women?

Nov 11, 09 3:59 AM CST

 Senate Health Bill 
 Runs Into Abortion Divide 

Both sides have vocal opponents, could halt bill without compromise

Nov 10, 09 12:05 PM CST

 Abortion Dispute Could
 Derail Health Care Bill

Some Dems vow to block final passage

Nov 9, 09 7:42 AM CST

Meet the Lone GOP Rep to Vote for House Bill

La. freshman Cao cites district's health woes, abortion concession

Nov 8, 09 9:47 AM CST

 House Passes Landmark 
 Health Care Reform 

Measure passes 220-215, with only one Republican in favor

Nov 7, 09 10:24 PM CST
heatlh care push

 Obama:  
 'Let's Finish the Job' 

President rallies Democrats as House debates bill

Nov 7, 09 12:34 PM CST

House Opens Debate
on Health Care Bill

Final vote is expected sometime tonight

Nov 7, 09 9:11 AM CST

 GOP Health Plan 
 Would Leave 
 52M Uninsured 

Bill saves some money, expands coverage by only 3M

Nov 5, 09 7:50 AM CST

 Healthcare 
 Bill Boosts 
 Pay for 
 Prayer 

Insurance firms urged to cover praying healers

Nov 3, 09 5:34 AM CST
ANALYSIS

Lieberman, Bayh Wives
in Bed with Health Biz

Ties to pharma, insurers  make filibuster threats suspect

Oct 30, 09 9:38 AM CDT
DANIEL HENNINGER

Dems, Health Care Need to Enter the iPhone Age

Lumbering dinosaur of a bill will fall flat with 21st century voters

Oct 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

1
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

20
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
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,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
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

8
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... 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

7
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 »

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