Archive for: health care legislation

Health Reforms Impact Eaton – Analyst Blog

Eaton Corporation ( ETN ) announced the addition of a $25 million charge to its first quarter results due to the recently passed health care legislation. The charge...

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POLL: MAJORITY says Dem healthcare tactics an ‘abuse of power’

A new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans believes Democrats abused their power by using procedural shortcuts and controversial parliamentary tactics...

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Boehner: Health bill fails the country

House Republican leader John Boehner says congressional health care legislation fails the country and says Congress has failed to listen to America. Boehner drew...

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How about a CNN Quick vote

Poll: What action should Congress take on health care legislation? Original Article: Forum: News/Activism Link: How about a CNN Quick vote

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Obama Targets GOP in Last-Ditch Pitch for Health Care Bill

President Obama, launching a last-ditch push to pass health care legislation in the next 10 days, left no doubt Monday that he was ready to roll over any opposition...

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Democrats’ Backup Health Plan: Ask House to Back Senate Bill (Obama to ignore will of the people)

With the Massachusetts special election for United States Senate increasingly unpredictable, Democrats in Washington are contemplating an array of backup plans should...

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Rock on the Health Care Road

WASHINGTON — Although Democrats think their health care legislation faces smooth sailing to implementation, there is a rock dead ahead — a constitutional...

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Once Patients Pay, Health Costs Will Fall

Health Care: The push to reform the system is going in exactly the wrong direction. Instead of minimizing patient involvement in payment for treatment, Washington...

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When legerdemain is used to pass an unpopular bill

It's time to blow the whistle on two erroneous statements that opponents and proponents of the health care legislation being jammed through Congress have been...

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Now They Tell Us: CBO Double Counted Medicare Savings

After allowing Democrats for weeks to argue that their Medicare cuts would both help finance the new health care legislation and extend the solvency of Medicare,...

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VIDEO: Sen. Whitehouse: foes of health care bill are birthers, right-wing militias, aryan groups

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today took shots at those who are not supporting the health care legislation. During a floor speech, he excoriated Senate GOP...

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Stupak, working with GOP, trying to sink Nelson’s abortion compromise

An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D. Mich.) coordinated opposition to a Senate compromise on the place of abortion in health care legislation this morning with the Republican...

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