Barack Obama Health Care

Health Insurers Make Pitch For Mandated Coverage

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all custo...

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Why Not a "Bailout" That Restructures Health Care to Benefit All?

Michele Swenson | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

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Michele Swenson

"Free-market" health care is as perverse an incentive as free-market police and fire protection would be, leaving everyone vulnerable, at the mercy of the marketplace.

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What Do MoveOn Members Think About Health Care? Who Knows? A Reply to MoveOn's Eli Pariser

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Something seemed strange. Could it really be that the average American voter is more progressive on universal health care than the average MoveOn member?

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Is MoveOn.Org Ignoring Its Core Democratic Principles in Setting its Direction on Health Care Reform?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Without asking its members, MoveOn's leaders have elected to join the steering committee of, and pledge at least $500,000 of its members' money to, a new health care coalition.

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Two Roads Diverge in Health Care Reform: Which is More Radical?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

It's pretty clear that McCain's approach to remedying the healthcare system is not purely a market one, nor does Obama's involve a government takeover to bring about reform.

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McCain Calls Obama Health Care Plan 'HillaryCare'

CNN | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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John McCain devoted a substantial chunk of his town hall meeting Thursday to drawing contrasts with Barack Obama on health care policy, stressing his ...

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 6: New "Health Care For America Now" Coalition May Reflect Divisions in the Movement for Universal Healthcare

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

HCAN is right that we must mobilize a massive citizens' movement for universal healthcare. Where they're mistaken is in trying for a compromise that will never work.

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Obama, Elizabeth Edwards To Partner Over Healthcare

Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Obama's speech in Raleigh launching his economy tour is underway, and towards the end, during a discussion of health care, he drops a surprise aside t...

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Jason Linkins

Elizabeth Edwards: Favors Clinton's Health Plan, Says Obama's 'Not Universal,' Slams McCain's As Ineffective

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Edwards continued her passionate advocacy of universal health care on today's morning shows, appearing on both The Today Show and Morning Jo...

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Micro-Debate: Clinton and Obama on Health Care

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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The following is the health care portion of last night's debate, exerpted from the transcript provided by the New York Times. MR. WILLIAMS: A lot ha...

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Kennedy "Shocked" At "Distortion" In Clinton Health Care Ad

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama put out big gun backer Sen. Ted Kennedy and the Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle to respond to the negative Cli...

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Why Not Barack?

Donn Swaby | Posted 02.06.2008 | Home

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Donn Swaby

Under Obama, tax breaks for corporations will be made public on the internet. How about making tax breaks for corporations non existent?

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Krugman: Zero Chance Of Universal Health Care With Obama

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care. It's a division that can seem technical and obscure -- an...

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Looking Past Primary Season, Obama Foreshadows National Campaign Themes

Amanda Michel | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

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Amanda Michel

Lebanon, NH -- With recent polls showing him firmly ahead of his Democratic rivals, a confident Barack Obama seems to be looking past the primary seas...

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Setting the Record Straight on Obama, Health Care and Unions

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics

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Gerald McEntee

When it comes to health care, AFSCME's union and the labor movement in general are not a "special interest."

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'96 Obama Questionnaire Shows More Liberal Views

Politico | Mike Allen and Ben Smith | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital punishmen...

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Obama Hits Hillary, Edwards On Health Care

Des Moines Register | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics

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Health care insurance should not become a government mandate, Barack Obama said here today, referencing plans posed by John Edwards and Hillary Clinto...

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