Why insurers aren't complaining about the House bill's anti-abortion amendment.

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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 10:14 p.m.
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Planned Parenthood is incensed that the House of Representatives accepted an eleventh-hour amendment to its health reform bill sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D.-Mich, and embraced by the U.S. Conference of Bishops, that prohibits the sale, through a proposed new health insurance exchange for the previously-uninsured, of virtually any private health insurance policy that covers abortions. The National Organization For Women is pretty angry, too. Even President Obama, after some initial

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Why health care reform will cost more than Congress and Obama say it will.

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.
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President Obama has said he will not sign a health care reform bill unless it's paid for. If it doesn't lower costs, he will suggest spending cuts to make sure the deficit doesn't grow. That's a promise he says he will keep. But what about future presidents and members of Congress? ... [more ... ] ... Sponsored Topics: Barack Obama - Health care - United States Congress - Health - United States ...

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Obama can solve the Afghanistan mess without sending a lot more troops or leaving the country entirely.

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 8:38 p.m.
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One thing is clear about President Barack Obama's M.O. on policy, domestic and foreign: He likes taking the middle course ... [more ... ] ... Sponsored Topics: Barack Obama - Afghanistan - United States - Society and Culture - Politics ...

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Why do Italians keep voting for Silvio Berlusconi?

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Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 11:02 p.m.
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Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of bribery, tax evasion, corruption, and subversion of the press. His wife has left him on the grounds that he consorts with prostitutes and holds orgies at his villa in Sardinia. He makes embarrassing jokes (and then repeats them, as he did with the one about President Barack Obama's "suntan") and periodically disappears to undergo more plastic surgery. He is at war with the Italian legal establishment, with almost all the journalists who don't work for him,

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When should we stop faulting Bush for the economy and start blaming Obama?

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Published Oct. 8, 2009 at 6:46 p.m.
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As job losses climb, President Obama faces two related questions. The first is more like a riddle: How do you pass a new round of stimulus measures without tacitly admitting that the first round didn't work? (Answer: Don't call it a stimulus.) The second is harder: When does the economy become his own instead of his predecessor's? (Answer: sooner than he'd probably like.) ... [more ... ] ... Sponsored Topics: Barack Obama - United States - George W. Bush - Presidential - Candidates ...

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Is the penalty for not buying health insurance a fee or a tax?

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Published Sept. 28, 2009 at 10:41 p.m.
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Last week, President Obama found himself caught up in Washington's favorite word game. The rules: Find as many ways as you can to describe your taxlike policy without using the word tax ... [more ... ] ... Sponsored Topics: Barack Obama - Health insurance - Insurance - Washington - Word game ...

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A lot of the anger at Max Baucus should be directed at President Obama.

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Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 11:49 p.m.
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For advocates of health care reform, Sen. Max Baucus' legislation to transform the insurance industry is like dealing with the insurance industry: 100 hours of haggling, ending in disappointment. When the chairman of the finance committee announced his long-awaited health care reform legislation Wednesday, the opposition from left and right was so consistent that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's communications director forwarded a list of about 20 articles chronicling the discontent.

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