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Max Baucus wants to come home (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 23, 2009 | WASHINGTON -- There should have been a sense of urgency Tuesday morning as the Senate Finance Committee started work on its version of healthcare reform legislation. "While we're... More

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Can Michelle Obama save healthcare reform? (www.salon.com) TMC

These days, it seems the White House and Congress have exhausted just about every possible argument and advocate in the healthcare debate. But President Obama may still have an ace in the hole: his... More

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Snowe can save healthcare reform by voting against it (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 17, 2009 | How is it that a decision next week by a single senator from Maine will almost certainly determine whether America's future healthcare system is still in the hands of private... More

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How corporate P.R. works to kill healthcare reform (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 15, 2009 | It is easy to think of efforts to influence lawmakers as the exclusive domain of K Street lobbyists. Much has been said and written about the millions of dollars the special interests... More

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Exploiting the healthcare debate to restrict abortion (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 14, 2009 | It was discouraging to hear Barack Obama, the man I supported for president, announce so resolutely during his speech to Congress last week that "under our [healthcare] plan no... More

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Exploiting the healthcare debate to restrict abortion (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 14, 2009 | It was discouraging to hear Barack Obama, the man I supported for president, announce so resolutely during his speech to Congress last week that "under our [healthcare] plan no... More

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We've seen this healthcare trigger before (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 12, 2009 | After a summer of politics marked by esoteric phrases like "co-ops" and "insurance exchanges," the newest kernel of ubiquitous arcana is the term "trigger mechanism." This proposal,... More

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Where the White House is placing its healthcare bets (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 11, 2009 | The real political race for healthcare has just begun. The significance of the president's speech to Washington insiders was its signal about where the White House is placing its bets... More

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Inventor of the public option explains why it's crucial (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 9, 2009 | Just a couple years ago, very few people could have told you what the "public option" is. Now, the idea to have a government-run, not-for-profit health-insurance program -- like... More

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Private room, only 11 grand a night (www.salon.com) TMC

Sept. 9, 2009 | It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.

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