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	<title>healthinsurance.org &#187; Democrats</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>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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<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>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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		<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>North Dakota Dems cry &#8220;Bad (Blue) Dog!&#8221; &#8211; hit senator on nose with newspaper</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/07/north-dakota-dems-cry-bad-blue-dog-hit-senator-on-nose-with-newspaper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/10/07/north-dakota-dems-cry-bad-blue-dog-hit-senator-on-nose-with-newspaper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, we know that it&#8217;s the conservative members of the House that are called &#8220;Blue Dogs&#8221; (not members of the Senate), but what a perfect visual for the actions of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL party&#8217;s put-down of its own senator, Kent Conrad (D-ND).
The party&#8217;s members recently reaffirmed a commitment to an even much more progressive health [...]]]></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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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/09/24/blue-dogs-bark-bitenot-so-bad-on-public-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=808</guid>
		<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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		<title>On health reform, Obama is more &#8216;Nixon&#8217; than &#8216;Kennedy&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/09/21/on-health-reform-obama-is-more-nixon-than-kennedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2009/09/21/on-health-reform-obama-is-more-nixon-than-kennedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Students of history may get a chuckle when they hear Republicans define Obama&#8217;s health care plan as &#8220;socialism.&#8221;  If we look to the past, we see Obama&#8217;s plan is pretty much in line with Republican President Richard M. Nixon&#8217;s failed efforts in 1974.
Like Nixon, Obama seeks to tweak America&#8217;s existing private health care system, rather [...]]]></description>
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