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Clinton Issues Economic Plan

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 02.18.2008 | Home

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MILWAUKEE — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign released a 13-page blueprint for fixing the economy Monday, detailing the former first la...

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The Crucial Link Between Making Health Care Affordable and Universal

Laura Tyson | Posted 02.11.2008 | Home

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Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama agree on the goal of making health insurance both affordable and universal. The difference is that Sen. Clinton's plan will achieve both of these objectives while Sen. Obama's will achieve neither.

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Krugman: Zero Chance Of Universal Health Care With Obama

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

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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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Obama Hires 'Harry and Louise' to Attack Hillary's Plan for Health Care: Republicans Thrilled!

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home

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If Hillary becomes the Democratic nominee, the Obama campaign has just packaged an ad that could be used, essentially unedited, by the Republicans next fall.

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One More Stinkin' Example of Why We Need Universal Healthcare

Susan Madrak | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home

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I know that national health programs have their drawbacks but removing the profit motive should take care of many of the problems we have now.

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My Top Ten New Year's Resolutions

Nora Ephron | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home

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I will persuade Bush to get behind the threat of global warming. I plan to do this by slipping into the White House in the dead of night, tying him naked to a bedpost and forcing him to watch footage of the melting polar icecap until he concedes.

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De-regulation is Good. Will California Finally Kill This Myth?

Harry Fuller | Posted 12.22.2007 | Home

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Long-term, the move to institute universal health care in the nation's largest and wealthiest state is crucial. It shows government can once again be an aid to its citizens.

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If Dick Cheney Were Anyone Else, He'd Probably Be Dead By Now

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 12.11.2007 | Home

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Everyone should be entitled to the same guaranteed, first-class health care that Cheney and other government officials receive today.

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Krugman Attacks Obama's Lack Of Healthcare Mandate

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 12.07.2007 | Home

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Imagine this: It's the summer of 2009, and President Barack Obama is about to unveil his plan for universal health care. But his health policy experts...

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 3: The Clinton/Obama/Edwards Individual Mandates Represent a Losing Political Strategy

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.03.2007 | Home

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The whole health care dust-up among Clinton, Obama and Edwards makes clear why Individual Mandate plans are likely to end up being as big a political disaster as Hillary's 1994 health reform fiasco.

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 2. What's Wrong With The Clinton / Obama / Edwards Health Care Plans

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2007 | Home

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Overall, a universal insurance mandate is bad public policy compared to universal single payer health care: It's a colossal waste of money.

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"Why Not Single Payer?" A Response to Paul Krugman and the Leading Democratic Presidential Contenders. Part 1.

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.10.2007 | Home

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I find Krugman's notion that an Individual Mandate is somehow more politically pragmatic than Medicare For All unconvincing and I don't buy his argument that it's a backdoor way to eventually get there.

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Progressives and Big Business -- Allies?

Jim Gilliam | Posted 12.18.2005 | Home

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Put enough pressure on Wal-Mart over the healthcare issue, and they will push even harder to offload the burden to the government.

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