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		<title>Former Vt. Gov. Dean says administration must not retreat from public option on health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean said Monday he doubts there can be meaningful health care reform without a direct government role, putting him at odds with President Barack Obama who says such a public option is only a sliver of the solution.

Dean, a leading figure among the party&#8217;s liberals, carefully tried to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama official says government insurance plan not essential to health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, as president, has a doctor shadowing him</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he has a follower — a physician.

Obama says he&#8217;d be happy to get health care coverage through a government-run plan but as the nation&#8217;s chief executive he has a doctor shadowing him.
Obama on Wednesday reiterated his defense of creating a government-run insurance plan to compete with those offered by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama fires back at insurers&#8217; charges that govt plan would &#8220;take over&#8221; health care</title>
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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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