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Obama Pushes New Message While Opposition ContinuesIn his Sunday talk show offensive (related story:
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009First Lady Says Health Reform Will Help Women, Create Equality In CoverageIn a speech at a private event on Friday, first lady Michelle Obama urged women to push for health reform, saying that President Obama's plan would help achieve "true equality" for women, the
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Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Obama Takes Health Reform Pitch To Airwaves In String Of Television InterviewsPresident Obama continued his push for Democratic health reform proposals on Sunday during sit-down interviews with five television network news programs, Politico reports. The interviews -- taped on Friday at the White House -- aired on ABC's "This Week," CNN's "
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Obama Lobbies The Public, Fellow Dems And One GOP SenatorIn his Sunday talk show appearance, President Obama conceded that he has not been "breaking through" on the health care debate, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Confusing Insurance Jargon Prompts Call For ReformKaiser Health News, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Times, reports on the challenges consumers confront in trying to understand insurance industry jargon.
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Abortion, Health Reform Among Top Issues At Values Voters SummitAt the annual Values Voter Summit over the weekend, conservative leaders claimed that President Obama's health care reform plan will lead to more abortions unless opponents become more vocal in attempts to defeat the plan, CQ Today reports. The event, sponsored by the
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009More On Massachusetts' Reform LessonsHealth reformers continue to look to Massachusetts, which mandated coverage for all in 2006, for lessons on overhauling the health care system. The
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Dems Divided Over How To Pay For ReformDemocrats are divided over where the funds to pay for a health care overhaul will come from. President Barack Obama has stated that the health care bill should cost less than $900 billion, which is $100-200 billion less "than what the House had in mind, cuts that could lead to less coverage and smaller subsidies to buy insurance," Politico reports.
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009Today's Selection Of Opinions And EditorialsObama's Nontax Tax Wall Street Journal It turns out the President thinks a health-care tax is not a tax if he thinks the tax is for your own good (9/21).
Medical News Today Tuesday, September 22, 2009GOP Lawmakers Opposed To Reform Reflect On Their Own ExperiencesTwo Republican lawmakers with extensive personal interactions with the health care system warn of the dangers in health overhaul. The Associated Press reports on Rep. Sue Myrick, (R-NC), who has battled breast cancer, and her concerns about reform.
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