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Posts Tagged medicare reform

Plenty of Barriers to That Senate Public-Option Deal

By | 12.09.09 | 12:34 pm

Democratic leaders have been busy patting themselves on the back this morning following the tentative deal struck last night between liberal and conservative Democrats over how to approach the public option. Details remain purposefully thin while the Congressional Budget Office crunches the cost estimate, but the More…

Health Reform Should Have Broad, Bipartisan Support? Really?

By | 08.20.09 | 1:04 pm

Following up on Dave’s post, Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), the Republican point-man on Senate health reform legislation this year, says he’s still interested in forging a bipartisan health reform deal — so long as the bill can win an overwhelming majority in the upper chamber. More…