1 Points

Rep. Grayson: Obama Needs to Push Health Care In Earnest -- With a Public Option | News & Politics | AlterNet (www.alternet.org)

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has a message for Senate Democrats: Pass health care with a public option -- and pass it quickly. On Wednesday, Grayson joined Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

1 Points

Where’s the Movement? (www.inthesetimes.com)

Which would you prefer, consumer choice or freedom? Extended coverage or freedom? Bending the cost curve or freedom?

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Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |

1 Points

Weekly Pulse: Crunch Time in the Senate (www.themediaconsortium.org)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is determined to get a health care bill passed in the Senate by Christmas.

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Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

5 Points

Sanity in Sight? Congresswomen Push for Gender Equality in Health-Care Reform (www.msmagazine.com)

At a Democratic Women’s Working Group press event in front of the Capitol, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Congresswomen decried the sexist, irrational and often cruel health... More

Tags: health care,gender,gender equity,gender rating,feminism,pelosi,speaker,speaker pelosi,health reform,health care reform,health care bill

Submitted 4 months ago by jstites | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Weekly Pulse: Problems for the Public Option (open.salon.com)

The House released a final version of the health reform bill. It has a public option all right, but not the robust version progressives were hoping for. The public plan would only cover 2% of... More

Tags: public health,cbo,health care bill,auto industry,medicare,labor,tmc

Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

2 Points

House Ways And Means Committee Passes Health Care Bill (airamerica.com)

The House Ways and Means Committee passed their health care bill within committee, 23-18, early Friday morning, despite Thursday's comments from Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

2 Points