HHS Nominee:Could Use Budget Tactic For Health Bill
Wall Street Journal
Lawmakers have debated recently whether a public insurance option is needed to compete with private insurers as a component of a health-care bill. While Sebelius first appeared to state opposition to a government-run health-care program, she clarified …
Video: Sebelius Calls for Action Now on Health Care The Associated Press
Sebelius touts urgency of health care reform Washington Times
Sebelius Confirmation Hearings Start New York Times
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Our Health, and the Health of Insurers
New York Times, United States
Private health insurance companies complain that they can’t compete against a government-run insurance plan. The response to this objection is obvious. The private insurers will have to find a way to deliver the same or better quality care to all …
Taxing Our Health The New American
Everybody's Got a Stake in Reforming Health Care New America Foundation
A new public health care system needed The Guardian (Australia)
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Democrats Agree on a Health Plan; Now Comes the Hard Part
New York Times, United States
The chairmen, all Democrats, agree that everyone must carry insurance and that employers should be required to help pay for it. They also agree that the government should offer a public health insurance plan as an alternative to private insurance. …

No one wants Quebec's limited private health insurance
CBC.ca, Canada
The court ruled that the Quebec government could not prevent people from paying for private insurance for procedures covered under medicare if it is unable to provide timely access to health care. As a result, the government ammended its health act to …

More Support for Health-Care Fix
Washington Post, United States
"We're narrowing the range of disagreement," said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit private health-care foundation that was not involved in the effort. It is striking, she observed, that the Health Reform Dialogue and …
Tobacco tax to increase Steamboat Pilot
SCHIP the right RX to keep children healthy Asbury Park Press
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Our Health, and the Health of Insurers
New York Times, United States
Private health insurance companies complain that they can’t compete against a government-run insurance plan. The response to this objection is obvious. The private insurers will have to find a way to deliver the same or better quality care to all …
Taxing Our Health The New American
Everybody's Got a Stake in Reforming Health Care New America Foundation
Beware of requiring insurance purchase DesMoinesRegister.com
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How the Obama-Biden health care plan proposed to address the problem
Democratic Underground, DC
But even without doing so, the plan should go quite far towards accomplishing the goal of providing affordable health insurance for all Americans: Some people vehemently criticize the plan because it doesn’t completely remove private health insurance …
Lemon capitalismwhat a "level playing field" for health insurance … Slate
Groups find common ground on health care overhaul The Associated Press
A Health Plan for All and the Concerns It Raises New York Times
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Health insurers pull a fast one in proposed reform
Los Angeles Times, CA
I'll give the insurance industry credit for coming to the table with something halfway constructive, even if it took them decades to get there. But let's be realistic. If all Americans were required to purchase health insurance from private companies, …
More support for health-care fix San Jose Mercury News
Support for US Health Insurance Mandate Picks Up TopNews United States
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More Support for Health-Care Fix
Washington Post, United States
"We're narrowing the range of disagreement," said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit private health-care foundation that was not involved in the effort. It is striking, she observed, that the Health Reform Dialogue and …
Tobacco tax to increase Steamboat Pilot
SCHIP the right RX to keep children healthy Asbury Park Press
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More Support for Health-Care Fix
Washington Post, United States
"We're narrowing the range of disagreement," said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit private health-care foundation that was not involved in the effort. It is striking, she observed, that the Health Reform Dialogue and …
Tobacco tax to increase Steamboat Pilot
SCHIP the right RX to keep children healthy Asbury Park Press
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