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President Barack Obama on Thursday told a group of six Senate Finance Committee members to continue working toward a bipartisan health care bill, but stressed the urgency of getting a bill done this year. Top Obama aides promised Senate Democrats that the White House would defend them on health care if opponents attack...

» THE DAILY DOSE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009, August 06, 2009
Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to block any Congressional effort to extract cost savings from them beyond an agreed-upon $80 billion. In an unusual e-mail appeal, President Barack Obama is asking millions of his campaign supporters to commit to attending at least one community event on health care this month...

» THE DAILY DOSE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009, August 05, 2009
President Barack Obama is wading deeper into the health care debate, hosting dozens of lawmakers at the White House since the middle of July in an outburst of personal presidential diplomacy designed to prod legislation toward a vote. The White House launched a coordinated effort Tuesday to combat what it calls a “viral whisper campaign” to torpedo health care reform...

» THE DAILY DOSE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009, August 04, 2009

» THE DAILY DOSE: MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009, August 03, 2009
House members headed home on Friday, leaving behind the outlines of a nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul that is sure to draw fire from a variety of interests. Our broken health care system forces families and businesses to struggle with skyrocketing costs and puts millions of Americans at risk of losing the insurance they have now...

» THE DAILY DOSE: FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2009, July 31, 2009
House Democrats are taking steps to limit annual price increases for insurance policies sold under a sweeping bill to extend health care to nearly all the 50 million uninsured Americans. Nationwide, hospital emergency departments (EDs) are in crisis. The demand for ED services has increased steadily while capacity has shrunk, due largely to hospital closures...

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