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MUST READ: The New York Times - Obama Tries to Seize Moment of Opportunity on Health Care
Posted by The Campaign on June 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The New York Times: Obama Tries to Seize Moment of Opportunity on Health Care
"In their heart of hearts, few in the Obama administration would have predicted late last year that they would be this well positioned by June to achieve a major victory on health care."
ICYMI: AHIP on Best Way to Reform System
Posted by The Campaign on June 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM
In Case You Missed It
"A better approach is to completely overhaul existing market rules and enact new consumer protections to guarantee coverage for pre-existing conditions and ensure that nobody falls through the cracks."
-- Robert Zirkelbach, a spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans.
In Case You Missed It: Reuters Covers AMA Meeting
Posted by The Campaign on June 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Reuters has coverage of the American Medical Association meeting where it reports "The leading U.S. doctors' group pronounced itself open to reform of the healthcare system on Wednesday, but said it does not want private insurers to be crowded out of the marketplace by a government-run system."
"'We want private insurers to remain. We are not in favor of a single payer (government-operated) system. So there's no question that a healthy competitive market for private insurers is in Americans' best interest,' [Nancy Nielsen] said."
For the full article, click here.
THE WHITE HOUSE: President Obama Addresses the AMA
Posted by The Campaign on June 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
The President lays out his vision for comprehensive health care reform at the 158th annual meeting of the American Medical Association: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Why-Reform-Why-Now/.
In Case You Missed It
Posted by The Campaign on June 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
“I don’t favor a public option, and I don’t favor a public option because I think there’s plenty of competition in the private insurance market.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
“We have competition in the health insurance market. There are hundreds of health insurance companies that all compete with each other. We don’t need to have the government get in and create a health insurance company in order to have competition.”
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
“A public option is not something I support. I don’t think it’s the right way to go.”
