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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 ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-likes-progress-on-health-care-senate-dems-administration-near-deal-with-hospitals-102020/">Obama likes progress on health care; Senate Dems, administration near deal with hospitals</a>.]]></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, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-democrats-focus-health-care-talks-on-hospitals-and-gop-101477/" title="Senate Democrats focus health care talks on hospitals and GOP">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Under emerging deal, hospitals would help pay Obama&#8217;s health care expansion</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/under-emerging-deal-hospitals-would-help-pay-obamas-health-care-expansion-101198/</link>
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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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/under-emerging-deal-hospitals-would-help-pay-obamas-health-care-expansion-101198/" title="Under emerging deal, hospitals would help pay Obama&#8217;s health care expansion">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators say finding middle ground on a public insurance plan is a key to health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglass K. Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — It will take a compromise on a government option for insurance if the Senate is to agree on a health care overall before next month&#8217;s break, two senators said Sunday.

President Barack Obama is pushing for an Aug. 8 deadline for the Senate and House to vote on proposals that would reduce medical costs .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senators-say-finding-middle-ground-on-a-public-insurance-plan-is-a-key-to-health-care-overhaul-100155/">Senators say finding middle ground on a public insurance plan is a key to health care overhaul</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Under a Senate health care plan, you pay your own medical insurance premium or pay a fine</title>
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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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/under-a-senate-health-care-plan-you-pay-your-own-medical-insurance-premium-or-pay-a-fine-98563/" title="Under a Senate health care plan, you pay your own medical insurance premium or pay a fine">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></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 .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-overhaul-in-senate-bill-imposes-penalty-on-those-refusing-affordable-medical-coverage-98266/">Health overhaul in Senate bill imposes penalty on those refusing affordable medical coverage</a>.]]></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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-overhaul-would-impose-stiff-penalty-on-those-who-refuse-to-get-medical-coverage-98256/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Health overhaul would impose stiff penalty on those who refuse to get medical coverage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats call for public option health plan, fee on companies not offering insurance</title>
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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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-democrats-call-for-public-option-health-plan-fee-on-companies-not-offering-insurance-97451/" title="Senate Democrats call for public option health plan, fee on companies not offering insurance">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Revised Democratic health care plan has public option, lower cost, annual employer fee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats on a key Senate Committee outlined a revised and far less costly health care plan Wednesday night that includes a government-run insurance option and an annual fee on employers who do not offer coverage to their workers.

The plan carries a 10-year price tag of slightly over $600 billion, and would lead toward .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/revised-democratic-health-care-plan-has-public-option-lower-cost-annual-employer-fee-97353/">Original source &nbsp;: Revised Democratic health care plan has public option, lower cost, annual employer fee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator declares $1 trillion, 10-year health bill achievable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senators working to give President Barack Obama a comprehensive health care overhaul said Thursday they had figured out how to pare back the complex legislation to keep costs from crashing through a $1 trillion, 10-year ceiling.

The announcement from Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and other lawmakers amounted to a small, parting gift .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senator-declares-1-trillion-10-year-health-bill-achievable-92357/" title="Senator declares $1 trillion, 10-year health bill achievable">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama not closing door on any health care tax as lawmakers struggle to lower cost of overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With lawmakers trying to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits.

Senior senators said Wednesday the benefits tax could be essential for the complex plan to be fully financed.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to prejudge what .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-not-closing-door-on-any-health-care-tax-as-lawmakers-struggle-to-lower-cost-of-overhaul-91553/">Source &nbsp;: Obama not closing door on any health care tax as lawmakers struggle to lower cost of overhaul</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits in struggled for overhaul legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation&#8217;s hospitals as they sought support for legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to prejudge what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-leaves-door-open-to-tax-on-health-benefits-in-struggled-for-overhaul-legislation-91233/">Original article &nbsp;: Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits in struggled for overhaul legislation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators seeking bipartisan health care deal say benefits tax essential to financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Taxing workers for employer-provided medical benefits could become the next big controversy for President Barack Obama in his quest to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.

A key senator involved in efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise said Wednesday the $1 trillion, 10-year package probably can&#8217;t be paid for without taxing at least some .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/negotiators-seeking-bipartisan-health-care-deal-say-benefits-tax-essential-to-financing-91048/">Source &nbsp;: Negotiators seeking bipartisan health care deal say benefits tax essential to financing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HHS secretary defends public plan, costs of Obama health proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday defended President Barack Obama&#8217;s call for a new public health insurance plan in the face of strong opposition from Republicans and fresh criticism from a powerful business group.

Sebelius told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that a government-run option would increase choice and competition, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hhs-secretary-defends-public-plan-costs-of-obama-health-proposal-90937/">HHS secretary defends public plan, costs of Obama health proposal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HHS secretary says Obama open to ideas on health overhaul, but not deficit spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hhs-secretary-says-obama-open-to-ideas-on-health-overhaul-but-not-deficit-spending-90608/" title="HHS secretary says Obama open to ideas on health overhaul, but not deficit spending">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama-industry confrontation looms over what role government should play in health care</title>
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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  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-industry-confrontation-looms-over-what-role-government-should-play-in-health-care-90421/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-fires-back-at-insurers-charges-that-govt-plan-would-take-over-health-care-89998/">Source &nbsp;: Obama fires back at insurers&#8217; charges that govt plan would &#8220;take over&#8221; health care</a>.]]></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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insurers-warn-government-plan-would-dismantle-employer-coverage-89771/">Source &nbsp;: Insurers warn government plan would &#8220;dismantle&#8221; employer coverage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With goal of bipartisan deal, House Democrats open hearings on sweeping health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama&#8217;s top legislative priority.

The action on both sides of the Capitol comes with lawmakers mindful of next week&#8217;s July 4 congressional recess. Most will return home .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-goal-of-bipartisan-deal-house-democrats-open-hearings-on-sweeping-health-care-bill-89412/">With goal of bipartisan deal, House Democrats open hearings on sweeping health care bill</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats debate push for gov&#8217;t plan as negotiations with GOP falter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in any overhaul of the health care system. Their fervor carries a risk.

Liberals, citing polls that show support for a public plan, say they are increasingly frustrated with negotiations to make the idea more ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-debate-push-for-govt-plan-as-negotiations-with-gop-falter-89013/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Democrats debate push for gov&#8217;t plan as negotiations with GOP falter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator says negotiations with GOP on nonprofit health insurance co-ops going nowhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats generally are standing behind their position that a health care system overhaul must include a government-sponsored plan that would be available to middle-class workers and their families.

A key Democrat, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, said this option now seems even more of a necessity in view of unsuccessful behind-the-scenes attempts to get .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senator-says-negotiations-with-gop-on-nonprofit-health-insurance-co-ops-going-nowhere-88507/">Original article &nbsp;: Senator says negotiations with GOP on nonprofit health insurance co-ops going nowhere</a>.]]></description>
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