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Today's Opinions And EditorialsHealth Reform And The Polls Wall Street Journal For all the back and forth about the "public option," Congressional Budget Office estimates and proposed tax hikes, the fundamentals are really what make health-care reform a hard sell to American voters.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009White House Deal With Drug Industry Sparks Democratic RevoltCongressional Democrats are challenging the Obama administration's deal with the pharmaceutical industry to limit how much it would cut prices to contribute to a health care overhaul.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009Disagreement Over Public Plan Among Dems Straining Party UnityA key item in the debates following lawmakers home this month is whether to create a public plan, the
washington post reports.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009Blogs Comment On State Abortion Laws, 'Personhood' Initiatives, Health Reform, Other TopicsThe following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries.~ "Politics Distorts Facts on Impact of Abortion Coverage," Susan Cohen, RH Reality Check: In a blog entry previewing a Guttmacher Policy Review article that will be available in late August, Cohen -- the director of government affairs at the
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009Cost, Recession Mean More Young Florida Workers UninsuredMore young workers in Florida - who make up 25 percent of the uninsured in that state - are going without health insurance coverage because they cannot afford it, and experts say it could mean problems in the future, The Orlando Sentinel reports. "Of the 2.4 million Floridians in that age group, an estimated 915,000 are uninsured, according to U.S.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009France Struggling To Provide Universal Care While Controlling High CostsWall Street Journal: "France claims it long ago achieved much of what today's U.S. health-care overhaul is seeking: It covers everyone, and provides what supporters say is high-quality care. But soaring costs are pushing the system into crisis. The result: As Congress fights over whether America should be more like France, the French government is trying to borrow U.S. tactics.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009'Gang Of Six' Senate Negotiators Heading Home, Will Keep Working During Break"Senators headed home for their August break Thursday amid an escalating partisan battle over health-care reform, with a small band of lawmakers hoping to keep their delicately negotiated compromise alive," The
washington post reports. Senators expressed their concern that the message was being distorted or lost. "Sen. Olympia J.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009Senators Leave Town With White House Advice About Defending Health ProposalsSenators left Washington today, each side armed with health care talking points for the August recess. Democrats got some last minute tips from the White House. Roll Call: "[Democratic] Senators are leery of what awaits them back home.
Medical News Today Monday, August 10, 2009Opposition Campaigns And Protests Stalk DemocratsProtests about health reform continue to roil lawmakers meetings with constituents across the country. "Conservative opponents are clamoring to disrupt town-hall meetings about the proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system, using GOP-generated talking points to shout down Democratic congressmen who attempt to explain the plan," CQ Politics reports.
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