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Poll: Obama Sinks
Below 50% on Health Care

Jul 20, 2009 11:15 AM CDT

Poll: Obama Sinks Below 50% on Health Care

Numbers drop on health care, economy, deficit

(Newser) - President Obama’s approval rating on health care has dropped from 57% in April to below half for the first time, as resistance heats up, even among Democrats, to the reform bill working its way through Congress, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Some 49% approve and 44% (up from...

Obama Steps
Boldly Into
Health Care Battle

Jul 20, 2009 8:37 AM CDT

Obama Steps Boldly Into Health Care Battle

(Newser) - As Congress waffles on health care reform and a chorus of naysayers turns up the volume, President Barack Obama is about to step aggressively into the fray, pushing the issue both publicly and privately, the Washington Post reports. With online videos, a visit to Cleveland, and a primetime press conference,...

When Going Gets Tough, Obama Loses His Cool

ANALYSIS

Jul 19, 2009 3:27 PM CDT

When Going Gets Tough, Obama Loses His Cool

Prez changes tactics, dials up the heat

(Newser) - Here's some change you might not believe: President Obama, he of the unflappable political cool, is starting to sweat. And he's also learning to adjust his strategies, writes Politico. Faced with a stagnating economy, troubled foreign relations, and a bogged-down health care bill, the president has (sometimes literally) rolled...

Kennedy: Why I Fight
for Health Reform

OPINION

Jul 19, 2009 2:05 PM CDT

Kennedy: Why I Fight for Health Reform

(Newser) - From his near-death in a 1964 plane crash to his children’s health battles to the brain tumor threatening his life, Ted Kennedy’s medical struggles have taught him that “quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition...

McConnell:
Health Plan
'Not Good' for US

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Jul 19, 2009 11:16 AM CDT

McConnell: Health Plan 'Not Good' for US

Republican leader says nation already has quality care

(Newser) - The fight over health care got even testier today when Mitch McConnell said Republicans wouldn’t support President Obama’s reform plan. “It’s not good for the country,” the Senate minority leader told Meet the Press. “We have quality health care now. We do not have...

Health Care by Computer
Has Failed in the UK

OPINION

Jul 18, 2009 6:19 PM CDT

Health Care by Computer Has Failed in the UK

(Newser) - Like all liberals, President Obama likes big, controlling systems. Like British politicians, he hopes to manage health care with a nationwide supercomputer. As Britain failed, so too will the United States, Fraser Nelson and Irwin M. Stelzer write in the Weekly Standard. Not only has Britain's medical database failed after...

Obama Cracks Whip, Cites Progress on Health Reform

Jul 17, 2009 4:34 PM CDT

Obama Cracks Whip, Cites Progress on Health Reform

'Now we've got to get over the finish line,' President tells Congress

(Newser) - President Obama today praised “unprecedented progress” in Congress on health-care reform, the Boston Globe reports. In a hastily scheduled appearance meant to galvanize support amid some signs this week of Democratic dissent, Obama said he remained “absolutely convinced” a bill would be passed this year. “The last...

10 Who Can Make or
Break Health Reform

Jul 17, 2009 9:51 AM CDT

10 Who Can Make or Break Health Reform

Who to watch as debate rages on Capitol Hill

(Newser) - As health care talk heats up in Washington, Mark Halperin of Time lists the key players to watch:

Sen. Max Baucus is trying to wring out as much GOP support as possible on his finance panel.
White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle has been winning concessions from the health care

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AMA Backs House Health Bill

Jul 17, 2009 6:39 AM CDT

AMA Backs House Health Bill

(Newser) - The American Medical Association has given the all-clear to the health care reform bill making it way through the House, the Hill reports. The endorsement from the nation's biggest doctors' group, which helped sink President Clinton's efforts at reforming health care, gave the Democrats a boost following the Congressional Budget...

Beck Melts Down,
Screams at 'Pinhead' Caller

Jul 16, 2009 10:19 AM CDT

Beck Melts Down, Screams at 'Pinhead' Caller

Radio host infuriated over health care

(Newser) - Conservative radio host Glenn Beck had an on-air fit yesterday when a caller questioned him about health care and wouldn’t back down, the Daily Kos reports. The caller, “Kathy,” started by talking about the high cost of care. Beck countered that he doesn’t believe there are...

Obama Steams as
Baucus Holds Up Health Bill

Jul 16, 2009 7:16 AM CDT

Obama Steams as Baucus Holds Up Health Bill

(Newser) - The health care reform bill is now in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee and chairman Max Baucus won't be rushed, Politico reports. The Montana Democrat, under pressure from the White House to get a deal done, has been locked in talks to build bipartisan consensus for financing the...

Health Bill Has
a Big Carrot for the Healthy

Jul 15, 2009 12:04 PM CDT

Health Bill Has a Big Carrot for the Healthy

Senate measure would let employers cut premiums up to 50%

(Newser) - A measure slipped into the Senate’s health care reform bill could cut workers’ insurance costs by up to half if they eat well, lose weight, and quit smoking, the Boston Globe reports. The measure may be key to encouraging Americans to stay healthy without too much government imposition, a...

Senate Committee
OKs $600B Health Bill

Jul 15, 2009 10:16 AM CDT

Senate Committee OKs $600B Health Bill

Party-line vote moves closer to coverage for nearly all Americans

(Newser) - The Senate health committee has cast a milestone vote to approve legislation expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans, becoming the first congressional panel to act on President Obama's top domestic priority. The 13-10 party-line vote advanced a $600 billion measure that would require individuals to get health insurance and...

To Fix Health Care,
Fix Malpractice Mess

OPINION

Jul 15, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

To Fix Health Care, Fix Malpractice Mess

But that requires ignoring special interests—an unlikely scenario

(Newser) - If we’re going to reform health care, we need to contain the vast costs of a malpractice system that chiefly benefits trial lawyers, writes Philip Howard in the Wall Street Journal. As it stands, “billions of dollars are wasted in ‘defensive medicine,’” and 60% of...

Dems Propose 5.4% Tax on Top Earners for Health Care

Jul 14, 2009 5:30 PM CDT

Dems Propose 5.4% Tax on Top Earners for Health Care

Legislation proposes paying for coverage with a new tax on the wealthy

(Newser) - And they're off: House Democrats unveiled their bill to reform the US health care system today, the Hill reports. The bill includes a government-run insurance option to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans and would impose new taxes on the wealthy to pay for it all, notes Politico. The...

Aug. Health Reform
Looks Impossible

Jul 13, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

Aug. Health Reform Looks Impossible

Divisions among lawmakers may make reaching goal impossible

(Newser) - President Obama has called for the passage of a health care bill by August—but that would require an unusually smooth few weeks on Capitol Hill, Politico reports. The Senate Finance Committee hasn’t released a version of the bill planned for early June; disagreements among Democrats in both chambers...

Obama: Time
to Rebuild
Stronger
Than Ever

OPINION

Jul 12, 2009 11:05 AM CDT

Obama: Time to Rebuild Stronger Than Ever

President confident that nation will emerge from recession better than before

(Newser) - Fresh off a whirlwind world tour, President Obama is turning his attention once again to his domestic agenda. In a Washington Post editorial, Obama says his administration’s “swift and aggression action has helped pull our financial system and our economy back from the brink.” But the president...

Slow Down, Obama:
Baby Steps to
Fix Health Care

OPINION

Jul 10, 2009 7:35 AM CDT

Slow Down, Obama: Baby Steps to Fix Health Care

'Low-hanging fruit' can save us cash with little political fallout

(Newser) - President Obama has managed to achieve an impressive amount in his first few months in office—but “even liberals” are starting to get worried about cost, writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. Health care reform, while needed, is vastly expensive. Maybe now’s the time to slow things...

Stocks Tread Water; Dow Up 5

MARKETS

Jul 9, 2009 3:12 PM CDT

Stocks Tread Water; Dow Up 5

Goldman Sachs rises, Pfizer falls

(Newser) - The stock market indices swung back and forth across a narrow range today as financials enjoyed advances but the health care sector declined, the Wall Street Journal reports. Goldman Sachs was up 3.69% after Bank of American Merrill Lynch upgraded Goldman shares from “neutral” to “buy.”...

Reid's Refusal Leaves $320B
Health Care Hole

Jul 9, 2009 7:39 AM CDT

Reid's Refusal Leaves $320B Health Care Hole

Dems may look to income tax hike to cover cost of public option

(Newser) - Harry Reid met with Republicans yesterday to diffuse some of his tough talk on health care reform, but as Politico reports, the Senate majority leader has forced a scramble for $320 billion over 10 years to pay for the plan. Reid said he would not support a bill that taxed...