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		<title>So we&#8217;re back to the dreaded filibuster thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/11/13/so-were-back-to-the-dreaded-filibuster-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we pointed out the other day, there&#8217;s a lot of heavy lifting ahead for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the brave folks who are committed to enduring the process of getting health reform legislation through the Senate and beyond.
Opponents have promised to filibuster the bill if it includes a public option. Some would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know your public options.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/30/know-your-public-options/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to get up to speed on the House and Senate approaches to the public option, it shouldn&#8217;t take you long to dig up the info online. We&#8217;re not taking any chances, though, so the info&#8217;s right here:
Reuters had an excellent summary of the House bill that was announced on Thursday. If you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progressives: &#8220;We&#8217;re just wild about Harry!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/30/progressives-were-just-wild-about-harry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressives are starting an unlikely love affair with the normally conservative Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In this video, Reid asks Americans to contact their elected officials to nudge the public option over the finish line.

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		<title>If Dems haven&#8217;t led or followed, it&#8217;s time to get out of the way, columnist says</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/26/if-dems-havent-led-or-followed-its-time-to-get-out-of-the-way-columnist-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/26/if-dems-havent-led-or-followed-its-time-to-get-out-of-the-way-columnist-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Democrats unite to allow an up-or-down vote on health reform legislation? Robert Creamer explained on the Huffington Post this morning why he thinks it&#8217;s in Democratic legislators&#8217; best interests to pull together. Creamer&#8217;s reasons include, briefly:

That Americans have already swung overwhelmingly in support of the public option.
A vote to defeat the filibuster isn&#8217;t a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Option&#8217; is not a failure &#8211; not yet, anyway.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/23/option-is-not-a-failure-not-yet-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/23/option-is-not-a-failure-not-yet-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a political proposal that appeared ready to be staked in the heart by its opponents just weeks ago, the public option looked surprisingly perky this week. In fact, the only thing that now sounds optional about the proposed reform initiative is the abundance of public option options being floated.
The perkiness is due, of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we THERE yet?Smoke-filled rooms and other stops on the road to health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/21/are-we-there-yetsmoke-filled-rooms-and-other-stops-on-the-road-to-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick look at the health reform debate this week:

How&#8217;s the Senate legislation coming along?

As of yesterday (Tuesday), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was working behind closed doors with Senate Democrats and White House advisors as they attempt to marry two Senate versions of health reform legislation: a more conservative Senate Finance Committee bill and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Reverend Reid marries HELP and Finance, will Olympia Snowe get to give away the &#8216;bride?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/14/when-reverend-reid-marries-help-and-finance-will-olympia-snowe-get-to-give-away-the-bride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were squeals of joy and howls of rage when Olympia Snowe crossed the aisle (or as Republicans would say &#8220;went over to the Dark Side&#8221;) yesterday to vote for the Senate Finance Committee&#8217;s version of a health reform bill. But now that it&#8217;s done, both sides might be rethinking their outbursts.
The Right could well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Americans have reason to be proud:President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/09/all-americans-have-reason-to-be-proudpresident-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/09/all-americans-have-reason-to-be-proudpresident-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, United States President Barack Obama became the fourth president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joining Theodore Roosevelt (1906), Woodrow Wilson (1919) and Jimmy Carter (2002). The Prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway on December 10.
Unlike the other four Nobel Prizes awarded annually &#8211; which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, some Republican musclesupporting Obama&#8217;s health care reform</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/06/finally-some-republican-muscles-supporting-obamas-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/06/finally-some-republican-muscles-supporting-obamas-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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Governor Arnold Schwarznegger (R-CA) has made a formal statement supporting health care reform, urging congressional Republicans to cooperate with the Democrats in forming and passing significant legislation this year.
His pleas to his party-mates may stir reminders of his role as a Kindergarten Cop as many in both parties are entranced by the siren call of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Dogs bark, bite not so bad on public option</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/09/24/blue-dogs-bark-bitenot-so-bad-on-public-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus did a head count of its members to see whether House liberals still strongly opposed any health reform bill that would not include a public option. Word from the Hill Thursday indicated that opposition is still plenty strong. Not so strong? Blue Dog opposition to a public option, apparently.
Huffington [...]]]></description>
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