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February 07, 2010

Obama says he isn’t abandoning health reform
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama told Democrats at their party meeting yesterday that he isn’t willing to abandon health-care reform, his top...


February 06, 2010

Obama admits health-care overhaul may die in Congress
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - After insisting for a year that failure was not an option, President Barack Obama is now acknowledging that his health-care overhaul might...


February 05, 2010

Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill

No, maybe he can’t. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation’s health care...


February 04, 2010

PITTS—Health Care Reform: Shooting the Moon
By PETER J. PITTS TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

NEW YORK Can history repeat itself? When it comes to health care reform, let’s hope so. The parallels are striking. A young, charismatic president....


February 02, 2010

Five Democrats help pass proposals to outlaw mandated health insurance
By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Breaking with their party and president, five Democrats yesterday helped push through the state Senate a Republican measure allowing Virginians to just...


February 01, 2010

Senate passes bill saying Virginians don’t have to buy health insurance
By By JEFF E. SCHAPIRO

With five Democrats defecting, the Virginia Senate today passed a Republican measure that says Virginians don’t have to buy health insurance.

Massachusetts Election: Public Opinion

So-called progressives cite polls suggesting significant percentages of voters in the Massachusetts special election won by Republican Scott Brown support...


January 27, 2010

Democrats pull back on health-care bill
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—Democrats retreated yesterday from a quick push to pass President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, lacking a workable strategy...


January 20, 2010

Free health clinics will plead with legislators today to stop cuts

Virginia’s health clinics for the uninsured will give state legislators something to chew on today—a box of saltwater taffy and a plea for...


January 17, 2010

Obama seeks to save Mass. Senate seat, health vote

BOSTON (AP)—His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought today to save a sinking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote...

For health care, a frantic ride in the final days
By WIRE REPORTS

WASHINGTON—Like a roller-coaster ride on its last twisting turns, President Barack Obama’s campaign to remake health care is barreling into...


January 15, 2010

Tentative tax deal marks health-care breakthrough
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed yesterday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost health plans as part of landmark...

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January 24, 2010

Medical Safety Net Faces Severe Strains
By JENNIFER MCCLELLAN TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST

While all eyes have been on Washington’s health care reform debate, there are a number of health care issues before the General Assembly that will...

Health Care Can Heal Economy
By CHRISTOPHER PEACE TIMES-DISPATCH GUEST COLUMNIST

Legislators, designated executive branch officials, and high court justices recently heard a second State of the Commonwealth address. The strength of...


January 06, 2010

HEALTH CARE: The Rush

During the so-called holidays Rush Limbaugh had a health scare while on vacation in Hawaii. He checked into a local hospital, had some tests, was pronounced...


December 26, 2009

HEALTH CARE: Lump of Coal

The Senate celebrated Christmas Eve by passing its version of health care reform. Although we readily confess that, like several hundred million of our...


December 21, 2009

Parody of Leadership: Product Will Fall Short of Promises
By ROBERT SAMUELSON Washington Post Writers Group

Barack Obama’s quest for historic health care legislation has turned into a parody of leadership. We usually associate presidential leadership with...

HEALTH CARE: Virginia’s Web
By By Staff reports

Last week Politico.com reported: “Senate Republicans say they want to ‘smoke out’ Democratic senators who could help them bring down...


December 13, 2009

Health Reform Costs Government Plenty, but You Even More
By MICHAEL F. CANNON TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

Sen. Jim Webb is not sticking to his guns. In October, along with a few of his Democratic colleagues, Webb wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)...


November 29, 2009

Health Care: Miscommunication Means Mistrust
By ELLEN GOODMAN © WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women versus the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. I’m...


November 28, 2009

Health Reform: Kill the bills and do it right
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER © WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

The United States has the best health care in the world—but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with...


November 15, 2009

Health Care: A Trillion(s)-Dollar Bill
By MICHAEL TANNER GUEST COLUMNIST

A trillion here, a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking real money. The House of Representatives has now passed its version of health care...

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