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November 05, 2009 Snowe: House Bill Not Within American Mainstream

It’s safe to say Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the only Republican who appears to be entertaining support for the Democratic…

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November 04, 2009 Health bills too timid on cutting costs, experts say

Democrats in Congress are embracing the spirit of President Obama’s call to slow the runaway rise of health-care costs but…

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October 23, 2009 Bending the Curve – The Wrong Way

Obama Administration officials have repeatedly emphasized the need to “bend the curve” of health-care costs. Reducing increases in health spending,…

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October 22, 2009 Obama Administration’s Analysis Shows House Democrats’ Bill Will Increase Health Care Spending

  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday wrote that , “Total national health expenditures under [H.R. 3200]…

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October 20, 2009 Republicans Score Victory for Nation’s Seniors

After nearly a month of requests from Ways and Means Republicans to remove the misguided gag order placed on Medicare plans…

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October 14, 2009 AARP: Healthcare Reform Has Become Most Divisive Issue in Group’s History

Healthcare reform is dividing the membership of the AARP more than any other issue ever has. Despite expending vast resources,…

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October 13, 2009 ‘Conceptual Language’ Hides Health Care’s Costs

Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I’m not referring to the headlines that…

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October 07, 2009 The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms

As Ways and Means Republicans have noted, the health plans Congressional Democrats are proposing have already failed at the state…

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October 05, 2009 What We Would Have Told Obama

“If the goal of reform is to provide the best possible patient care, let’s take the government-controlled ‘public option’ —…

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September 29, 2009 Obama’s Medicare Disadvantage

Medicare Advantage is a recently instituted federal program that allows individuals eligible for Medicare to opt to take their coverage…

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