Thursday, March 22, 2012

Liberal Dems back Obama's no show on health law anniversary

Source: The Hill

President Obama has been a no-show on the law's second anniversary, but Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) says he's fine with that.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Democrats: The more Americans learn, the more they love health-care reform

Source: The Washington Post

Congressional Democrats on Monday dismissed fresh polling data that suggest that most Americans want the Supreme Court to invalidate all or parts of the the 2010 health-care law, arguing that most people grow to support the law once they learn more about it.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Poll: Democrats Hold Edge on Contraception Debate, Medicare

Source: National Journal

Though the public remains skeptical of the health care law, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey suggests that Democrats hold a political advantage in the live policy debates surrounding the issue.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Democrats launch early offensive over GOP Medicare plans

Source: The Hill

Democrats are itching for another fight over Medicare, apparently undeterred by the prospect of a slightly watered-down Republican plan.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Democrats in Congress step up tax-the-rich efforts

Source: Los Angeles Times

Little more than a year ago, Democrats in Congress were hesitant to raise taxes on the wealthy. In the Senate, they could not find enough support for boosting taxes on people making $1 million or more a year, much less on families making $250,000. The pre-2010 House, which had a Democratic majority, barely approved higher rates on investment income.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Lone Utah Democrat defends national health reform

Source: Salt Lake Tribune
A minority in her own minority party, Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck was the lone Utah Democrat to sign a legal document in defense of President Barack Obama’s signature health overhaul.
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Ohio Dems call for creation of insurance exchange

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Democratic state lawmakers are pushing a proposal that requires Ohio to set up the insurance exchange laid out in President Barack Obama's health care law.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Democrats Fight Insurance Agency Plan to Delay Reform

Source: The Texas Tribune
Texas Democrats and some public policy groups are pushing back against the Texas Department of Insurance for requesting a delay in the implementation of insurance changes required by federal health care reform.
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