THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2009
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.
The Affordable Health [...]
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Obama Statement On House Passage Of Health Care Reform
November 7th, 2009
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Health Care Reform Passes US House
November 7th, 2009
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Right now the vote is 220-215 in favor, with one Republican – Joseph Cao of Louisiana – voting in favor.
Congrats to Speaker Pelosi and the Dems who voted with her. History will remember this day.
YES, WE DID. Now, it’s your turn Harry Reid and the Senate.
Health Care Reform: Dennis Kucinich Is Ridiculous
November 7th, 2009
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Dennis Kucinich is apparently voting against the health care bill in the House. Why? His stated reason is that because it isn’t single payer. If that’s the reasoning, that is ridiculous. This bill, an imperfect bill no doubt, is the biggest step forward in American health care since the creation of medicare. If the bill [...]
CBO: Fake GOP Health Care “Bill” Is Useless
November 5th, 2009
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Turns out Alan Grayson was completely right.
I am totally shocked.
The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for people who have coverage.
The Republican [...]
Is Harry Reid Going To Derail Health Care Reform?
November 3rd, 2009
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Looks like Harry Reid is getting ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of near-victory.
The Senate Democratic leader indicated Tuesday that lawmakers may not complete health care legislation this year, missing President Barack Obama’s deadline on his signature issue and pushing debate into a congressional election year.
With just eight weeks left, the Senate is running [...]
Doug Holtz-Eakin’s Pre-Existing Condition
November 2nd, 2009
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Holtz-Eakin will be remembered for all time for the laughable statement that John McCain helped to create the miracle of the Blackberry, but this is pretty ironic
If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president’s domestic agenda, including health-care reform. But now, one year [...]
WSJ Proves We Need Health Care Bill Passage
November 2nd, 2009
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If the crazies over on the Wall Street Journal editorial board are calling the House health care bill the “worst ever”, then it should be clear to all those progressives and Democrats bellyaching about the legislation’s imperfections that we’ve got a good thing on our hands. The Journal is, at its core, opposed to any [...]
51% Support Public Option Over “Bipartisan” Mush In ABC Poll
October 30th, 2009
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Act now
“Which of these would you prefer – (a plan that includes some form of government-sponsored health insurance for people who can’t get affordable private insurance, but is approved without support from Republicans in Congress); or (a plan that is approved with support from Republicans in Congress, but does not include any form of government-sponsored [...]
Hey Evan Bayh, Indiana Backs The Public Option
October 29th, 2009
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Listen to the people.
In a Research 2000 poll conducted last weekend, 52 percent of Indiana residents said they favored the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare. Another 42 percent opposed the idea.
Blue Cross: Oppose The Public Option, By The Way We’re Increasing Your Rates
October 28th, 2009
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Insurance companies are so amazingly stupid, its criminal they have so much sway over our health.
Princess Snowe Upset Final Health Care Bill Not More Useless
October 27th, 2009
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Olympia Snowe is upset that the healthcare bill doesn’t have the watered down “trigger” version of the public option. In the final analysis, when a bill is passed we’re always going to have to wonder what could have been if the White House and the Senate didn’t spend so much flipping time coming up with [...]
Opt Out It Is
October 26th, 2009
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We have a health care bill in the senate, after eons of delay.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) announced Monday that he will seek to bring a health-care bill to the Senate floor that includes a government insurance plan, a major reversal from just two weeks ago, when Reid was leaning against the idea.
He also [...]
Report: Reid Bill Done, Includes Opt-Out Public Option
October 26th, 2009
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So says NBC News
Per NBC’s Mike Viqueira, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has a health-care reform bill ready and will send it to the Congressional Budget Office today for an evaluation of costs, according to a top aide. The measure will include a public option with the “opt out,” whereby states could individually decide to [...]
Lack Of Health Insurance Never Killed Anyone. Except This Guy.
October 23rd, 2009
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And thousands more.
In 2003, William Koehler of Pittsburgh, Pa. lost his job as an electronics technician. He lost his health insurance, too, but he’d been lucky enough to have the defibrillator battery in his heart changed just the previous year. No insurer would cover him except for one company which refused to cover anything related [...]
Oooh, Harry Reid Is “Leaning”
October 22nd, 2009
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Harry Reid is “leaning” to support the public option in the health care bill. Of course its far past time for he and the president to quit “leaning” towards things and crap if they’re gonna crap.
The clock is ticking.
Harry Reid Can’t Ever Seem To Do His Job Right
October 22nd, 2009
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This is a continued embarrasment. God willing we can get the actual health care bill passed, but the Reid track record does not make me optimistic. Its as if Harry Reid is a simple spectator in the stands rather than – theoretically – a major player in the game.
Insurance Industry Calls Rape A Pre-Existing Conditition
October 22nd, 2009
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When people – particularly conservatives and blue dog Dems – wail about the poor, put upon insurance companies, this is the kind of bull they’re defending.
Hudson Institute’s Diana Furchtgott-Roth Gets Pwned By Sen. Al Franken
October 22nd, 2009
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Majority Supports Public Option In New Poll
October 19th, 2009
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By 57%. Give the people what they want.
Americans remain sharply divided about both the overall health care package and President Obama’s leadership on the issue, reflecting the intense partisan battle that has raged for months over the administration’s top legislative priority. But majorities now back two key and controversial provisions: both the so-called public option [...]
