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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Access To Health Care</title>
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		<title>Republicans jump on report from Medicare agency that says Democratic bill would boost spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs

WASHINGTON — Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi: Amendment in House&#8217;s health care overhaul bill would further limit access to abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion.
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		<title>First lady seeks to assure older women health care legislation will benefit them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won&#8217;t undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a &#8220;sacred part of America&#8217;s social safety net.&#8221;
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		<title>Rivals in abortion debate agree restrictions create tough choices for women about coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Women face tough choices on abortion coverage
NEW YORK — Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
Divisions over abortion are a major obstacle in President Barack Obama&#8217;s push for health care overhaul, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Medical association backs health system reform
HOUSTON — The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors&#8217; pocketbooks and independence.
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		<title>Health care bill clears House by narrow margin; legislation now moves to the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House passes health care bill on close vote
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark health care reform bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House narrowly passes landmark health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<title>Health care bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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House narrowly passes health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care reform bill clears House; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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House passes landmark health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes health care bill expanding medical coverage to millions without it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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House passes health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to prohibit abortion coverage in government run insurance plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.
The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Obama asks House to vote on health care bill
WASHINGTON — Triumphant Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; and expand coverage to millions who lack it.
After months of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democratic, House GOP and Senate Democratic health care bills compared</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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House, Senate health care bills detailed
WASHINGTON — A comparison of the health care bills before Congress.
The Democratic-controlled House passed its legislation on a 220-215 vote Saturday night. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alsonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote
WASHINGTON — Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democratic leaders struggle for final votes needed to pass sweeping health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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House Dems struggle for final votes on health care
WASHINGTON — Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama lobbies Democratic holdouts on health care to clear way for House vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama calls holdouts on health care
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.
A vote is expected on Saturday — after President Barack Obama makes a late morning trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats make final push for health care votes, warn timing could slip past Sat.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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House Dems say Sat. vote on health care may slip
WASHINGTON — House Democrats acknowledged they don&#8217;t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Sources: House Democratic health bill to get seniors&#8217; lobby endorsement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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AP Sources: Dem Health bill to get AARP backing
WASHINGTON — In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
An endorsement from the seniors&#8217; lobby was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed the Medicare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats clear the way for floor vote on health care as early as Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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House Democrats clear the way for health care vote
WASHINGTON — In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
An endorsement from the seniors&#8217; lobby was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate committee to investigate health insurer pricing of small business coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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The Senate health care committee chairman said Tuesday the panel is investigating how health insurers price the coverage they sell to small businesses, which have struggled for years with soaring premiums.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has sent letters to several big health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group Inc., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP leader says Republicans have health care answers _ lower costs, wider insurance coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Lester</dc:creator>
		
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Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care

WASHINGTON — Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats who hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they &#8220;recklessly pursue&#8221; a government takeover of the health care system, a GOP leader said.
The top House Republican, Rep. John Boehner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP leader says Republicans have answers to lower health costs, more insurance coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Lester</dc:creator>
		
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Boehner: GOP offering the right health care ideas

WASHINGTON — Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they &#8220;recklessly pursue&#8221; a government takeover of the health care system, a GOP leader said.
The top House Republican, Rep. John Boehner of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Details on the House health overhaul bill and one taking shape in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Details on health care bills in House, Senate
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans. House Republicans have unveiled their alternative, after months of criticizing the Democrats&#8217; approach.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats present huge health bill, including government insurance, cheered by Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama
WASHINGTON — Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida senator demands that insurance companies not cancel cancer patients in clinical trials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Fla. sen.: Cancer patients in trials need coverage

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A powerful state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor&#8217;s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical trials.
And if the insurers won&#8217;t do it voluntarily, Sen. Don Gaetz says he&#8217;ll introduce a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi presents &#8216;historic&#8217; health care bill, citing coverage for 96 percent of Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Pelosi: New health care bill is &#8216;historic moment&#8217;
WASHINGTON — After months of struggle, House Democrats rolled out sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan largely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Dems to unveil health bill with government-run plan, new sign-up requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America&#8217;s medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned a formal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenging Reid, Democratic moderates show wariness of government-run insurance option</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Dem moderates challenge Reid on health care plan
WASHINGTON — Democrats are struggling to bridge differences among their rank and file to push health overhaul legislation through Congress and fulfill President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of signing a bill this year.
In the wake of Senate Majority Leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House health care legislation likely to include new insurance program for long-term care</title>
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House bill likely to include long-term health care

WASHINGTON — House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.
The voluntary program would begin to close a gap in the social safety net overlooked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate health care bill to have controversial &#8216;public option,&#8217; Majority Leader Harry Reid says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-health-care-bill-to-have-controversial-public-option-majority-leader-harry-reid-says-207659/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Senate health care bill to include public option

WASHINGTON — Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy. Reid, D-Nev., said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate&#8217;s health care bill will include controversial &#8216;public option,&#8217; Democratic leader says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senates-health-care-bill-will-include-controversial-public-option-democratic-leader-says-207654/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Senate health bill will embrace &#8216;public option&#8217;

WASHINGTON — Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy.
Reid, D-Nev., said individual states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic leader says government-run insurance option in Senate health bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Dem leader: Public option in Senate health bill
WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid says health care legislation headed to the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance.
Reid says states will have the prerogative of opting out of the program if they choose.
Reid noted that polls show widespread public support for giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Sources: Top Senate Dem to announce inclusion of public option in health care bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-sources-top-senate-dem-to-announce-inclusion-of-public-option-in-health-care-bill-207484/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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AP Sources: Senate bill to include public option
WASHINGTON — Health care legislation headed for the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance coverage, Democratic officials said Monday, with final details yet to be settled. These officials said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., intended to make a formal announcement later in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skepticism runs as high as the premiums as American workers choose insurance plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Wyatt</dc:creator>
		
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As workers choose health plans, skepticism abounds

DENVER — Looking for happy faces? Don&#8217;t go near employer health fairs in the coming months.
American workers are facing rising health insurance premiums for fewer services, and they are glum about the prospects for improvement as Congress mulls a health care overhaul and large employers nationwide start the fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Employers who insure workers lobby for shield from costly new health rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-employers-who-insure-workers-lobby-for-shield-from-costly-new-health-rules-202417/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-employers-who-insure-workers-lobby-for-shield-from-costly-new-health-rules-202417/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Despite promises by President Barack Obama, more than 70 million Americans who have health insurance through their jobs could be open to higher costs or denials of some coverage under a leading overhaul plan making its way through Congress.

That&#8217;s because large employers that directly assume the cost and risk of health coverage for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans differ on whether health care overhaul will improve access, control costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a Democrat-led Congress strive to extend society&#8217;s safety net to cover the uninsured, a new poll has found.

The growing levels of insurance insecurity are reflected in the latest monthly snapshot from the nonpartisan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care issues: What president, Congress have</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at key issues in the health care debate:

THE ISSUE: What kind of health plans do the president and members of Congress have, and why can&#8217;t everyone have coverage like that?
THE POLITICS: The president, current members of Congress and retirees are entitled to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program that covers about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look at health care plans in House, Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso Zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care legislation is taking shape in both the House and Senate. Details are being negotiated and any final bill would have to meld proposals from both chambers. A look at various proposals:

The Senate Finance Committee&#8217;s bill:
WHO&#8217;S COVERED: An estimated 94 percent of Americans. Illegal immigrants would not receive government benefits.
COST: $829 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama praises Senate committee vote on health care bill, criticizes industry opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Pushing back against his critics, President Barack Obama says overhauling the health care system, while helping millions of people, also will test whether policy makers can &#8220;serve the national interest despite the unrelenting efforts of the special interests.&#8221;

The administration is trying to build momentum for the president&#8217;s overhaul effort after the Senate Finance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi: Case growing for government to sell insurance in competition with private market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the case is growing stronger for allowing the government to sell health insurance in competition with private companies, contending recent attacks from the industry should dispel any doubts.

&#8220;The need for a public option is very clear,&#8221; the California Democrat told reporters at her weekly news conference, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats attack insurers in public; behind closed doors try to settle their own differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — White House officials and Senate Democrats are meeting in private to iron out differences on a health care overhaul that could affect every American. In public, they&#8217;re united by a common enemy: the health insurance industry.

The inside game and the outside game are intersecting on Capitol Hill, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine&#8217;s Collins says she&#8217;s open to health care overhaul but Finance bill needs improvement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she&#8217;s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.

But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the bill approved Tuesday by the Finance Committee needs substantial improvements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Sen. Susan Collins wants a bill this year, but has concerns over Finance panel version</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she&#8217;s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.

But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the bill approved Tuesday by the Finance Committee needs substantial improvements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Sen. Snowe broaches a &#8216;kick-in&#8217; scenario for government-run health insurance option</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to support the Finance Committee&#8217;s health care bill, said Wednesday she could foresee a government-run plan that would &#8220;kick in&#8221; if private insurers failed to live up to expectations.

Snowe emphasized that she still opposes the so-called public option, but said she also believes the private insurance market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Snowe backed Finance version of health care bill because it&#8217;s a &#8216;good place to start&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to support the Finance Committee&#8217;s health care bill, said Wednesday she could foresee a government-run plan that would &#8220;kick in&#8221; if private insurers fail to live up to expectations.

Snowe emphasized that she still opposes the so-called public option, but said she also believes the private insurance market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Finance Committee passage, Senate leaders to come up with new version of health bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care talks slip back behind closed doors Wednesday as Senate leaders start trying to merge two very different bills into a new version that can get the 60 votes needed to guarantee its passage.

All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who has said he wants to complete the [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.

&#8220;When history calls, history calls,&#8221; said Maine Republican Olympia Snowe, whose declaration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel approves middle-of-the-road health care plan with support from GOP&#8217;s Snowe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

Maine Republican Olympia Snowe said she was laying aside misgivings for now and voting to advance the bill, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Snowe joins Democrats in backing centrist health care bill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

Maine Republican Olympia Snowe said she was laying aside misgivings for now and voting to advance the bill, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel approves sweeping health overhaul bill, setting stage for historic debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A pivotal Senate committee has approved a sweeping remake of the country&#8217;s health care system, delivering a long-sought boost to President Barack Obama&#8217;s goal of expanding coverage.

The 14-9 vote in the Senate Finance Committee sets up a historic debate on the Senate floor and moves health care overhaul closer to reality than it [...]]]></description>
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