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NBC: Reid bill will include opt-out public option
America Blog Oct 26 09It ain't soup till Reid announces it, but here's the latest talk in town - I started hearing about this last night.
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With "robust public option," House bill "scores" well
America Blog Oct 20 09Greg Sargent got a tip from Capitol Hill with some very important news about the House health insurance reform bill:
In another step forward for the public option, I’m told reliably by a source that House leaders have been given a new Congressional Budget Office “score” finding that the evolving House bill — when you include a robust public option — reduces the deficit and is under the President’s cost goal of $900 billion.
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Republicans "Unable to mount a filibuster on their own," but still trying to kill health insurance reform with scare tactics
America Blog Oct 19 09The GOPers on the Hill are all excited about their newest strategy to kill health care reform. They're going to scare people about what is in the legislation.
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It’s All About Assumptions:How a $829 Billion Healthcare Bill Reduces the Deficit
Gay Patriot Oct 09 09James Taranto echoes my thoughts upon reading that the Congressional Budget Office had scored the Baucus health care bill (still lacking legislative language) and found the $829 billion boondoggle would cut the deficit by $81 billion over the next 10 years:
So Congress is going to reduce the deficit by increasing spending $829,000,000,000.
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread
America Blog Oct 07 09Good morning.The President is holding another big meeting at the White House today on Afghanistan. All the major national security players will be there again, including Biden, Clinton, Gates, Panetta, Mullen and Petraeus.
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread
America Blog Aug 25 09Good morning.At 9:00 a.m. EDT, Obama is taking a break from his vacation to announce that he's reappointing Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank.
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House Bill Comes In At $1 Trillion, Undermines GOP Talking Points
America Blog Jul 15 09From ThinkProgress' Wonk Room:
Today, three separate House committees — Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Labor Committee — released a single health care reform bill, the American Affordable Healthy Choices Act.
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Taxing the Rich To Pay for Health Care, Part Two
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 15 09by Conor Clarke Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their version of a health care bill yesterday afternoon, and the Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary analysis of the costs and benefits.
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House committees releases health care plan
Bilerico Jul 15 09
Late yesterday the House released its plan for health care, and it's pretty good. It includes all the popular initiatives: a public option, subsidies for low-income households, a health care exchange for small businesses and people who go it alone, comparative effectiveness research, funding for primary care doctors as well as other high need medical professionals, expansion of Medicaid, an individual and employer mandate, an attempt to eliminate eligibility and rating discrimination, and funding for public health improvement measures.
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The Sausage Emerges
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 15 09by Patrick Appel The house released its healthcare reform bill (pdf) yesterday afternoon. Here is the CBO analysis.
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Kennedy/Dodd offer cheaper public option health care bill
America Blog Jul 02 09AP:
Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees.
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