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Senate Abortion Compromise Less Drastic Than House

Instead of barring all health plans in the exchange from covering abortion, the Senate version requires at least one plan to cover the procedure
Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
November 19, 2009 -- The health care reform package unveiled by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday night bars the use of federal funds for abortion services, but does not go as far as the House bill -- which prevents women in many cases from buying insurance with their own money that covers abortion. Read More >>

Mike Enzi, Gang of Six Republican, Admits He's Only Blocking Reform

Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
September 8, 2009 -- Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate's "Gang of Six," told a Wyoming town hall crowd that he had no plans to compromise with Democrats and was merely trying to extract concessions. Read More >>

Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaway to Big Pharma

Months after the White House announced a deal with pharmaceutical companies, an internal memo shows they gave away campaign promises
Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
The Lund Report
August 13, 2009 -- A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.
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Gang of Six Centrist Senators Demand Delay on Reform

Sen. Ron Wyden joins conservative Democrats urging delay and bipartisanship
Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
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July 17, 2009 -- A bipartisan group of centrist and conservative senators sent a letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders on Friday urging delay in consideration of health care reform.
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Senators Consider Public Option With Triggers

The option for a public health plan like Medicare has senators divided, forging compromise that would diminish plan
Originally at HuffingtonPost.com
Sens. Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus
June 2, 2009 -- The Obama administration and Senate Democrats are debating a health care reform outline that will insist upon a public option for insurance but leave open the possibility for it to be kicked in via triggers.
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