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March 06, 2010

Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—Just when President Barack Obama is striving to unite Democratic lawmakers for one last push to pass his health-care overhaul, the politics...


March 05, 2010

Obama has gotten a poor start, columnist George Will says at R-MC

Longtime Washington columnist George Will, at Randolph-Macon College, says President Barack Obama has had a rough start. “It’s been rocky....


March 03, 2010

UPDATE: Obama urges up or down vote on health care
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer

President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote “up or down” on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a...

Obama open to adding GOP ideas to health plan
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said yesterday that he was open to four new Republican proposals on health-care legislation, in a gesture of bipartisanship...


March 02, 2010

Obama open to adding GOP ideas to health plan

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was open to four new Republican proposals on health care legislation, in a gesture of bipartisanship meant to jump-start...


February 28, 2010

Obama to GOP on health care: ‘Let’s get this done’
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said yesterday that he is ready to compromise with Republicans on health care if they are serious about it, but...


February 27, 2010

Democrats push ahead on health care
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON—Democratic leaders from Congress to the White House vowed yesterday to resurrect their long-stalled health-care legislation, with or without...


February 25, 2010

LIVE VIDEO: Obama’s health care summit
By See the meeting between the president and Congressional leaders at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.

See the meeting between the president and Congressional leaders at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.

UPDATE: Obama, Cantor clash at health summit

With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit over the right prescription for...


February 24, 2010

Justifying increases in health-insurance rates

Brenda White’s monthly premium for an individual health-insurance policy is going up 15 percent on Monday, to $1,608. It’s higher than any...


February 23, 2010

Cantor calls Obama health bill a ‘nonstarter’
By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer

A member of the House Republican leadership is calling President Barack Obama’s new health care overhaul proposal a warmed-over version of Senate...


February 22, 2010

UPDATE: Obama puts forward $1 trillion health care plan
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted this morning on the White House Web site, the plan would provide coverage to more than 31 million Americans now uninsured without adding to the...

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August 16, 2009

Michael Tanner: Who Are the Uninsured?
By MICHAEL TANNER TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

No single topic drives the health care reform debate like the number of uninsured Americans, variously numbered in speeches and ads at 45 million, 46 million,...

Ross Mackenzie: An Imaginary Conversation With President Barack Obama
By ROSS MACKENZIE TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

Ever wish you could sit down and talk to President Obama? Such a conversation might go this way . . . . Sir—if I may—you’re at risk of...


August 15, 2009

Small Businesses Need Reform
By KEN BRANTLEY TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

I am a doctor—an optometrist, to be precise—and for six years I have owned The Vision Restoration Center right in the heart of downtown Richmond....


August 14, 2009

Abortion Raises Questions for Health Care Reform
By A. BARTON HINKLE A. BARTON HINKLE TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has spent the week tearing into opponent Bob McDonnell’s record on abortion. Political kibbitzers...


August 13, 2009

We Can’t Wait Any Longer
By KAY CRANE TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

We must have health care reform now. Failure to do so will only result in the continuation of a failed system that will only increase in cost and the unnecessary...

Health Care: Rubes Goldberg

Our friends on the left are worried. They’ve waited decades for the opportunity to have the government step in and take over the American health...


August 11, 2009

End-of-life section doesn’t end debate
By BY CHARLES LANE

About a third of Americans have living wills or advance-care directives expressing their wishes for end-of-life treatment. When seniors who don’t...

What Other Say: Health Care

Peter Dreier, The Nation: Since Obama took office, there have been very few public expressions of discontent. We’ve heard very little about everyday...


August 10, 2009

Obama ‘Reform’ Champions the Status Quo
By ROBERT SAMUELSON © WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

The status quo is unsustainable for families, businesses, and government.—President Obama, June 13 WASHINGTON One of the bewildering ironies of the...


August 09, 2009

Health Care: Mad Rush to Reform Seems Certain to Harm the Patient
By STEPHEN P. LONG TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

Primum non nocere: “First, do no harm.“ It’s a principle all medical students are taught and a standard applied in medicine in the United...

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