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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Health Insurance</title>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s latest move satisfies neither side on health care; liberals want &#8216;government option&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s weekend concession on a health care &#8220;government option&#8221; drew complaints from liberals and scarce interest from Republicans and other critics on Monday, a fresh sign of the daunting challenge in finding middle ground in an increasingly partisan political struggle.

The White House insisted there had been no shift in position, adding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama criticized &#8217;scare tactics&#8217; of health care reform critics; targets insurance companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama targets insurance companies in health care town hall meeting in Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama targets insurance companies in health care town hall meeting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized what he termed as the &#8220;scare tactics&#8221; of opponents to health care reform. He told a town hall meeting &#8220;what is truly scary is if we do nothing&#8221; to solve the nation&#8217;s health care problems.

Obama said Americans no longer should be &#8220;held hostage by health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In pitch for health care overhaul, Obama says insurance companies holding Americans hostage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-pitch-for-health-care-overhaul-obama-says-insurance-companies-holding-americans-hostage-140040/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE, Mont. — President Barack Obama says Americans are being held hostage by health insurance companies that deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions or cancel coverage when people get sick.

The president kicked off his four-state push for a health care overhaul with a joke: He said Montana has bears, moose and elk, and &#8220;in Washington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chief insurance industry lobbyist sees health care drive &#8216;won or lost&#8217; in August</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chief-insurance-industry-lobbyist-sees-health-care-drive-won-or-lost-in-august-135744/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp health care, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell the need for an overhaul to voters or continue criticism of the insurance industry, the chief of the insurers&#8217; main lobbying arm said Monday.

Karen Ignagni, president of America&#8217;s Health Insurance Plans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Chamber of Commerce emerges as leading foe of Obama health, banking plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON —If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition, he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There, behind 10 massive Corinthian columns, is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a leading critic of the administration&#8217;s health care and banking overhaul plans.

A fortress for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid calls protests &#8216;destructive&#8217; as negotiators hunker down to seek bipartisan deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s most powerful Democrat on Thursday scolded health care protesters dogging his party&#8217;s lawmakers at local meetings, arguing that some critics on the political right have run out of ideas — and ditched their civic manners. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada accused the protesters of trying to &#8220;sabotage&#8221; the democratic process.

A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health insurance lobby uses money, allies to fight government coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Cast as a profit-hoarding villain by Democratic foes, the insurance industry still has a fighting chance to fend off the part of health care overhaul it most despises — creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurers.

Industry lobbyists are using influential allies, a thick wallet and a strategy of avoiding blatant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No overnight overhaul: Timeline for far-reaching House health care legislation spans 2010-2018</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare law on July 30, 1965, and 11 months later seniors were receiving coverage. But if President Barack Obama gets to sign a health care overhaul this fall, the uninsured won&#8217;t be covered until 2013 — after the next presidential election.

In fact, a timeline of the 1,000-page health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama has first success with health care overhaul vote as his TV ads try to build support</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system.

The Senate panel&#8217;s action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president&#8217;s campaign organization rolled out television ads to build support for his top domestic priority.
Obama met with Republicans at the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama achieves milestone as Senate committee approves plan to revamp US health care system</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-achieves-milestone-as-senate-committee-approves-plan-to-revamp-us-health-care-system-110804/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system.

The Senate panel&#8217;s action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president&#8217;s campaign organization rolled out television ads to build support for his top domestic priority.
Obama met with Republicans at the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House health plan would tax the rich, require employers and individuals to get health coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest picking up most of the tab.

The federal government would be responsible for ensuring that every person, regardless of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats to unveil bill overhauling nation&#8217;s health care system</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-democrats-to-unveil-bill-overhauling-nations-health-care-system-109236/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Democrats pushed ahead Tuesday with sweeping health care legislation that would raise taxes on the wealthy, require Americans to buy affordable insurance and penalize large companies that don&#8217;t provide insurance to their employees.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats planned to introduce legislation later in the day that would dramatically revamp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback as House Dems seek more time to make changes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-care-overhaul-bill-suffers-another-setback-as-house-dems-seek-more-time-to-make-changes-104963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The drive to remake the nation&#8217;s health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.

The emerging bill &#8220;lacks a number of elements essential to preserving what works and fixing what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moderate House Democrats want more time on health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The drive to remake the nation&#8217;s health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.

The emerging bill &#8220;lacks a number of elements essential to preserving what works and fixing what is broken,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health providers&#8217; deals with lawmakers widening split with business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care providers have been crowing in recent days about deals they&#8217;ve cut with lawmakers to help pay for President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul. Those agreements have been announced in flashy White House ceremonies — but off camera and quietly, business lobbyists have been stewing.

Their concern: The many billions in savings health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama likes progress on health care; Senate Dems, administration near deal with hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed progress on health care overhaul as Senate Democrats and the administration closed in on a deal with hospitals to help pay for his proposed expansion of medical coverage to the uninsured.

Several officials said Monday that after talks involving the White House and Sen. Max Baucus, the chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats focus health care talks on hospitals and GOP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed progress on health care overhaul as top Senate Democrats and the administration closed in on a deal with hospitals to help pay for the president&#8217;s proposed expansion of medical coverage to the uninsured.

Several officials said Monday that after talks involving the White House and Sen. Max Baucus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under emerging deal, hospitals would help pay Obama&#8217;s health care expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With health care legislation at a crossroads, the nation&#8217;s hospitals are near agreement with a key lawmaker and the White House to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama&#8217;s plan for expanded coverage, officials said Monday.

The precise size of any deal was not available, although several days ago, talks were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdWatch: In TV war over health care overhaul, some ads hit dramatic but deceptive tone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Staring at the camera, Canadian citizen Shona Holmes says a brain tumor would have killed her had she relied on her government-run health plan that would have provided treatment far too late. &#8220;Now, Washington wants to bring Canadian-style health care to the U.S.,&#8221; a narrator says darkly.

The television ad from a conservative group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Details on health care legislation taking shape in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care legislation is taking shape in both the House and Senate. Details are still being negotiated and any final bill would have to meld proposals from both houses. A look at various proposals:

The Senate Finance Committee&#8217;s bill, approved by the panel Tuesday:
WHO&#8217;S COVERED: An estimated 94 percent of Americans. Illegal immigrants would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats&#8217; gov&#8217;t health plan would offer premiums 20%-25% less than private insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — What if a new health plan set up shop in your town offering coverage at a much lower price than other insurers?

If you could save $2,500 on the $12,700 it costs for an average family plan through an employer, would you take it? That&#8217;s not small change.
Now what if the government offered that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under a Senate health care plan, you pay your own medical insurance premium or pay a fine</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/under-a-senate-health-care-plan-you-pay-your-own-medical-insurance-premium-or-pay-a-fine-98563/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.

In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health overhaul in Senate bill imposes penalty on those refusing affordable medical coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic priority.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines will raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health overhaul would impose stiff penalty on those who refuse to get medical coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic priority.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines will raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats call for public option health plan, fee on companies not offering insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-democrats-call-for-public-option-health-plan-fee-on-companies-not-offering-insurance-97451/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Determined to advance President Barack Obama&#8217;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.

In a letter outlining the details, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devil in the details: 4 big issues that could break a deal on health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Four divisive issues could dash President Barack Obama&#8217;s hopes of overhauling health care: cost, creating a government-run plan, taxing workers&#8217; benefits and penalizing employers that don&#8217;t offer coverage.

These are potential deal-breakers as Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress work to revamp the system to cover the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans and try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Liberals smolder while Obama keeps his powder dry on public health insurance plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-liberals-smolder-while-obama-keeps-his-powder-dry-on-public-health-insurance-plan-92603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Presidents quickly learn that legislative showdowns on tough issues, such as overhauling the nation&#8217;s health care system, must be dealt with eventually. Some liberal Democrats worry that President Barack Obama may be waiting too long to face down Republicans on one of the issue&#8217;s knottiest questions.

Obama says he supports a government-run health insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses network town hall to pitch health plan; Republicans complain they were shut out</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-uses-network-town-hall-to-pitch-health-plan-republicans-complain-they-were-shut-out-91422/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says insurance companies will make less profit on each patient if he gets his health care overhaul.

But Obama says they&#8217;ll make it up because they&#8217;ll have more paying customers when the uninsured sign up for coverage.
Obama pitched his health plan during an ABC News&#8217; town hall-style event from the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS secretary says Obama open to ideas on health overhaul, but not deficit spending</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hhs-secretary-says-obama-open-to-ideas-on-health-overhaul-but-not-deficit-spending-90608/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers Wednesday that President Barack Obama is willing to listen to suggestions on how to pay for a health care overhaul, as long as they don&#8217;t increase the deficit.

&#8220;The president is open to good ideas about how we finance health reform,&#8221; she said in testimony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama-industry confrontation looms over what role government should play in health care</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-industry-confrontation-looms-over-what-role-government-should-play-in-health-care-90421/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Even as President Barack Obama and the insurance industry move toward open confrontation over the role of government in health care, his administration is telling lawmakers to keep pushing for a bipartisan deal.

Obama on Tuesday dismissed as &#8220;not logical&#8221; the insurance lobby&#8217;s assertion that a new government health plan he backs would dismantle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama barks back at insurance industry critics; bite remains uncertain</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-obama-barks-back-at-insurance-industry-critics-bite-remains-uncertain-90121/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Even for a Democratic president, Barack Obama&#8217;s challenge to health insurance companies and free market principles Tuesday were unusually pointed.

A government-run health insurance option is needed &#8220;to discipline insurance companies,&#8221; he said, part of his rallying cry for comprehensive health care overhaul. If they can&#8217;t compete, it&#8217;s probably their fault. Many private insurers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama fires back at insurers&#8217; charges that govt plan would &#8220;take over&#8221; health care</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-fires-back-at-insurers-charges-that-govt-plan-would-take-over-health-care-89998/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system.

The harsh exchange came after months of polite White House photo-ops at which the administration and insurers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers warn government plan would &#8220;dismantle&#8221; employer coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system.

In a joint letter to senators, the two largest industry groups also said they don&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industry pledge to narrow drug coverage gap contingent on health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Hailed by President Barack Obama, a multi-billion-dollar promise by drug companies to narrow a Medicare drug coverage gap for seniors is valid only if Congress succeeds in passing a comprehensive health care bill encountering strong opposition from Republicans, an industry spokesman said Monday.

The commitment was &#8220;made in the context of comprehensive health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No health care coverage? Expect the next government effort to require that you get it</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Don&#8217;t have health insurance? Don&#8217;t want to pay for it? Too bad.

It&#8217;s looking like President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress are going to require you to pick up the bill.
In Washington-speak, it&#8217;s called an individual mandate — or a requirement that people who don&#8217;t already have health insurance to purchase it, much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug companies would pay for some Medicare prescriptions under $80 billion deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House.

&#8220;This new coverage means affordable prices on prescription drugs when Medicare benefits don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP INTERVIEW: HHS Sec. Sebelius says insurers won&#8217;t prevail in blocking public health plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The insurance lobby won&#8217;t be able to block a public health plan because most Americans realize they would be better off if the industry had competition, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday as congressional committees worked to shape legislation.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Sebelius said that President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators see possible compromise on key issue in health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A potential compromise emerged Wednesday on one of the most vexing issues of the health care overhaul debate — whether to create a new government-sponsored health plan to compete with private insurers.

The compromise offered by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., would create health care cooperatives owned by groups of residents and small businesses, similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP senators say chances dimming for bipartisan health deal after Obama endorses public plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s hopes for a bipartisan health deal took a hit Thursday as GOP senators protested a letter he wrote declaring support for a public insurance plan.

Such a plan would compete with private insurers and is opposed by nearly all Republicans. Obama long has supported it, but he had avoided going into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama provides first deals for his road map to universal health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he&#8217;s open to requiring all Americans to buy health insurance, as long as the plan provides a &#8220;hardship waiver&#8221; to exempt poor people from having to pay.

Obama opposed such an individual mandate during his campaign, but Congress increasingly is moving to embrace the idea.
In providing the first real details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama wants public plan, waiver for the poor in sweeping universal health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, providing the first real details on how he wants to reshape the nation&#8217;s health care system, urged Congress on Wednesday toward a sweeping overhaul that would allow Americans to buy into a government insurance plan.

In a letter to two senators leading the health care debate, Obama also moved toward accepting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama wants additional cuts in Medicare, Medicaid to help pay for overhauling health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wants at least $200 billion cut from Medicare and Medicaid spending over the next decade to help pay for overhauling the nation&#8217;s health care system and providing coverage to 50 million uninsured Americans.

The reductions in the programs would come on top of the $300 billion in cuts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care industry delivers savings plan to White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health industry officials delivered a plan to the White House Monday documenting how they&#8217;ll attempt to save $2 trillion over a decade through measures like reducing hospitalizations and cutting down on paperwork.

They identified three big areas for savings: $150 billion to $180 billion from more efficient use of health care services, $350 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Speaker Pelosi: Legislation overhauling health care system to go to floor by late July</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has assured President Barack Obama that legislation undertaking an overhaul of the health care system will be on the House floor before the August recess.

Obama welcomed her statement in an appearance Wednesday morning with Pelosi and other leading congressional players on health care.
Speaking under a bright sun on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators weigh limits _ but not elimination _ of tax-free status of employer health care</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senators-weigh-limits-_-but-not-elimination-_-of-tax-free-status-of-employer-health-care-60930/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 06:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senators are considering limiting — but not eliminating — the tax-free status of employer-provided health benefits to help pay for President Barack Obama&#8217;s plan to provide coverage to 50 million uninsured Americans.

Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Tuesday that there are no easy options. Senators began grappling with how to finance guaranteed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators weigh limits on tax-free status of employer health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senators are considering limiting — but not eliminating — the tax-free status of employer-provided health benefits to help pay for President Barack Obama&#8217;s plan to provide coverage to 50 million uninsured Americans.

Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Tuesday that there are no easy options. Senators began grappling with how to finance guaranteed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s praises the health care industry&#8217;s pledge to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 07:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Barack Obama praised the health care industry&#8217;s promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years Monday, taking a sharply different course than President Bill Clinton did 16 years ago in an opening bid to overhaul the U.S. health system.

Drawing skepticism from lawmakers, Obama summoned representatives of the insurance industry, doctors, hospitals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care industry pledge to slow spending leaves questions, critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised the health care industry&#8217;s promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years, but lawmakers questioned how much it really helps in coming up with a solution for the millions of uninsured.

It&#8217;s &#8220;a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for health care reform,&#8221; Obama said Monday [...]]]></description>
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