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	<title>healthinsurance.org &#187; Congress</title>
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		<title>When it comes to reform legislation, size really does matter.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/11/19/when-it-comes-to-reform-legislation-size-really-does-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that has bugged us for months and months is health care opponents&#8217; preoccupation with the number of pages in the health care bills that have been introduced in the House and Senate. The most recent bill to emerge is the Senate bill unveiled by Harry Reid yesterday and SURPRISE &#8230; it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How would health reform help or hurt?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/11/16/how-would-health-reform-help-or-hurt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=1261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of stories out there about the nightmares already faced in the nation&#8217;s existing health care system. But folks really want to know how coverage will look after health reform legislation is passed. (We&#8217;re assuming it will be.)
That why we liked this story, which examines what the current legislative proposals would mean to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somebody get Harry Reid some steroids. Stat.</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/11/11/somebody-get-harry-reid-some-steroids-stat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/11/11/somebody-get-harry-reid-some-steroids-stat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=1243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the House passed its version of health reform legislation last week, the development may have sent chills down the spines of those who oppose the Democrats&#8217; proposed solutions. But a quick read-through of Suzy Khimm&#8217;s piece in The Treatment yesterday should be equally chilling to folks who think the battle over health reform is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even if states can opt out, will they?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/29/even-if-states-can-opt-out-will-they/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/29/even-if-states-can-opt-out-will-they/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re happy to hear folks asking this question: If Democrats succeed in passing health reform legislation with an opt-out public option as included in Harry Reid&#8217;s Senate bill, would any states actually opt out?
Conservatives seem to like the idea that states could take a pass on a public option provision they dread. But really, Andrew [...]]]></description>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=1129</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=1109</guid>
		<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>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>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/14/when-reverend-reid-marries-help-and-finance-will-olympia-snowe-get-to-give-away-the-bride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=1062</guid>
		<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>Will the real predator please stand up?</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/08/will-the-real-predator-please-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/08/will-the-real-predator-please-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
A column by Thomas Frank in the Wall Street Journal made us pause and scratch our heads this week because it prompted one of those questions that we think lots of Americans must be asking themselves. The question is simply this:
Are President Obama and his Democratic Party up to no good in this health reform [...]]]></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>19 million reasons the Senate Finance Committee bill has no public option</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/01/19-million-reasons-the-senate-finance-committee-bill-has-no-public-option/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/01/19-million-reasons-the-senate-finance-committee-bill-has-no-public-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmmm. A CBS/New York Times poll says 81 percent of Democrats favor a public option; yet five Democratic senators on the Senate Finance Committee vote against it. Strange.
Go to the raw story, for the full scoop!
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