Archive for the ‘Health Politics’ Category

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Table of Contents

• History of the Bill
  • Renaming/Hijacking of the Bill
  • Additional Reconciliation Bill
  • How the Bill(s) passed
• Previous Instances of Convoluted Means to Pass a Bill
• Health Care Key Points of the Bill
  • Cost
  • Deficit
  • Coverage
  • Health Insurance Exchanges
  • Subsidies
  • Paying for the Plan
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Insurance Reforms
  • Abortion
  • Individual Mandate
    • Policy must include
  • Employer Mandate
  • Immigration
• Lawsuits
• Doctor Survey

Links:
Key Points
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000846-503544.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BuzzGames_Gamecore+%28TheShowbuzz%3A+Games+GameCore%29
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/19/us/politics/20100319-health-care-reconciliation.html#tab=12
LBJ Tapes
http://www.ssa.gov/history/LBJ/lbj.html
Doctor Survey
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62812
Lawsuit
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36001783/ns/politics-health_care_reform/

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Links
www.progress.org
www.downsizedc.org
www.usatoday.com
www.geneveith.com
www.cato.org
www.opencongress.org
Link to AP Article Comparing Healthcare Bills: http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx/health/0/APNews/Health/20091226/U_US-Health-Care-Comparing-the-Bills?pageid=1

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