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House Panel Votes to Let States Adopt Single-Payer Health Coverage

By | 07.17.09 | 2:35 pm

Federally sponsored single-payer health care might be off the table as Congress debates its health reform strategy this summer, but if some House lawmakers get their way, there would be nothing to prevent states from offering that model.

The House Education & Labor Committee voted today in favor More…

Obama Touts Public Plan, Rejects Single Payer

By | 06.15.09 | 2:11 pm

In his most forceful comments on health care reform since he arrived at the White House, President Obama today made his case for including a government-backed insurance plan as part of the Democrats’ health reform strategy this year. However, appearing in Chicago before members of the American Medical Association, the More…

Dean: It’s Either a Public Option or Nothing

By | 05.29.09 | 12:25 pm

Wendy Norris of TWI’s sister site, The Colorado Independent, caught up with former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean at a health care reform event in Denver on Wednesday. During an interview before his speech, Dean had this to More…

Rick Scott on His Health Care Record

By | 03.31.09 | 5:01 pm

I talked briefly with Rick Scott, the chairman (and major funder) of Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, after he gave a short talk at the Heritage Foundation about his group’s efforts to create a grassroots movement against nationalized health care. After asking him about the reception he was getting for Republicans, More…