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Obama: Senate is on verge of passing health care bill (USA Today)

December 16th, 2009

Senate Democrats won tentative backing from one holdout and worked to satisfy another on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by Christmas…….click here to continue reading

Medicare cuts focus of Senate health care debate (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 6th, 2009

Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul…….click here to continue reading

Efforts to Strip Health Care Provisions Fall Short (New York Times)

December 5th, 2009

Senate Democrats beat back Republican efforts to strip out two major provisions of their health care bill, which would make deep cuts in payments to private Medicare Advantage plans and create a new long-term-care insurance program…….click here to continue reading

AARP backs Democrats in Senate health care fight (AP via Yahoo! News)

December 3rd, 2009

With a Senate showdown looming, the politically potent AARP rode to the rescue of Democrats on Wednesday, supporting $460 billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for landmark health care legislation…….click here to continue reading

What the Health-Care Debate Says About Abortion (Newsweek)

November 28th, 2009

Will pro-choice Democrats kill health-care reform? Probably not—and that’s a good thing…….click here to continue reading