The Top Ten Things Worth Fighting For

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Oct. 14, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Blog Post) As deliberations continue, in the floor debate and eventually in the House-Senate conference committee, the question is how these bills will come together. The best case scenario is that we get the best of both approaches--the far-reaching coverage and insurance reforms in the House and HELP bills, combined with the CBO-certified cost control of Finance. The worst case is that we get cost control like House and HELP, with coverage that looks like Finance. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Jonathan Cohn, NewsRack (Health Care), Publish2 (Politics)

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 14, 2009 - 12:57 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Sirajul Islam (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Evan Langhorst (review), Fred Gatlin (review), Kristin Gorski (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 14, 2009 - 10:09 AM PDT
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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 15, 2009

.This commentary is limited to points from the Finance Committee bill the Senate and the three House bills. All the bills are limited and have not look more broadly. Why do this commentary and others fail to look at more ideas? None of these ideas will solve health insurance problems.

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Sirajul Islam
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 by Sirajul Islam - Oct. 14, 2009

Really a balanced piece from Jonathan Cohn as he hinted 10 things worth fighting for. The report hinted that the vote on the measure, which does not include a public option to hold insurance companies to account, is to be fixed, apart from others, and also hinted that the HELP committee chair Senator Harpin's proposals to be tyaken into accout seriously.

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Kristin Gorski
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 by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 15, 2009
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 14, 2009
Kaizar posted this story.
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 14, 2009
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 14, 2009
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Evan Langhorst
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 by Evan Langhorst - Oct. 15, 2009

Pretty good breakdown of some of the key issues in the health care bill. The bill sure does scare me though. I hate the drug industry, and the doctors that prescribe drugs. Unless it is a 100% cure it is an unjust application to the problem.

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