Union Workers Want Both A Public Option And Ability To Keep Their Current Health Care Plan

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) stated that union representatives he spoke with Wednesday, expressed to him that they do want a public health policy, but they also would like to keep their own health care plans if they so wish. (0:25)
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ABC Stands For The "All Barack Channel," Says Georgia Congressman

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a member of the Media Fairness Caucus, says ABC News is biased in favor of the Obama administration . (:23)
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Texas Republican Says ABC's Coverage Not Fair And Objective

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), Chairman of the Media Fairness Caucus, says ABC's all-day coverage from inside the White House of President Obama's health care reform plan is journalistically unethical. (:36)
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Boehner Says Democrat's Health Care Reform Will Have Opposite Affect of Intension

Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says a government take-over of health care will lead to higher taxes, rationing, and a lower quality care. The Republican proposal fixes problems while building upon the current system (0:38).
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Rep. Price: Private Medical Decisions Will Be Impeded By Federal Supervision

U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) says that the health care reforms proposed by the House Democrats will undermine the U.S. health care system and the personal relationship between patients and their doctors. (0:21)
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Cato Fellow: Massachusetts Health Care Reforms Forcing Coverage Changes

Michael Tanner, senior fellow of the Cato Institute, says people in Massachusetts who had health insurance and were happy with it are having to change their coverage because their current plan does not comply with the state's mandates. It is just one example of the lessons he believes the federal government should take from the results of Massachusetts' 2006 health care reforms. (0:23)
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No More Room At The ER? Blame Health Care Reform

Greg D’Angelo, policy analyst at the Center for Health Policy Choices at the Heritage Foundation, explains that an influx of newly insured people may not leave enough room at doctors' offices and may cause emergency rooms to become even more crowded. He says that the scenario is possible if the federal government reforms health care like Massachusetts did in 2006. (0:31)
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Obama: "Yes We Can" Reform Health Care

President Barack Obama invoked the popular slogan from his 2008 campaign while discussing health care reform Monday. "I have to repeat, and revive, and old saying from the campaign. 'Yes We Can'. We're going to get this done," said Obama (0:21)
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Obama: Health Care Reform Will Benefit Drug Companies

President Barack Obama said that the health reform plan will benefit drug and insurance companies since it will result in millions of Americans adopting coverage. Obama said that since the companies will be seeing benefits, it would "only be fair" for them to cut costs (0:16).
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Health Care Reform Should Be Top Priority, Says Delaware Congressman

Rep. Mike Castle (D-Del.) expresses his concern for the need for health care reform (0:30).
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Health Care Reform Bogging Down Senate, Says Tennessee Congressman

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn) wants to make sure that bipartisan legislation for health care reform happens sooner rather than later in the Senate. (0:42)
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Durbin: Health Reform Will Be Expensive

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says that health reform will initially be expensive but the benefits will come later. Durbin explains that Americans will see the advantages of the system in the long term. (0:19)
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Klobuchar: Today's Health Care Reform Not Clinton Era Reform

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) says President Barack Obama has a better chance of passing major health care reform than the previous Democratic administration because the cost of health care has gone up, businesses in general support the plan and the majority of Americans want the system to change. (0:41)
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Obama: We Are Not A Nation That Turns Its Back On Those In Need

During a speech on health care reform, President Barack Obama stated that providing health care for the uninsured was an inherently American value. Obama said that America was not a nation that would turn its back on those in need, including the 46 million uninsured Americans (0:26)
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Without Health Care Reform, Medicaid Spending Could Surpass Defense Spending

During a speech on health care reform today, President Barack Obama warned that without proper reform Medicaid spending could surpass defense spending (0:19)
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America's Future Now Radio Row: Rep. Donna Edwards

Talk Radio News Service's Managing Editor Victoria Jones talks to Representative Donna Edwards (D-Md.) about health care reform. (7:08)
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GOP:Patients' Choice Act "Empowers" Americans

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) gives an example of how the Patients' Choice Act of 2009 can help "empower" Americans. (1:07)
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Rep. Kind: The SHOP Act Is A Simple Concept For Small Businesses & The Self Employed

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Today U.S. Representatives reintroduced a health care reform model that they believe will make health insurance less costly to the self employed and small businesses. Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) said that the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act is a simple concept and believes it’s the right time for it to be implemented. (01:34)


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The stars are aligned for health care reform

Senator Baucus (D- Mont.) explains why now is the time for action in health care reform, at a March 27 meeting at the Center for American Progress. He explains that Congress must act this year, and if not, another opportunity will not happen for a decade. He also says that President Obama is committed to the cause, so "The opportunity is before us. Now is the time." (00:40)
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Time for new leadership in health reform

Reed Tuckson, Chief Medical Affairs for United Health Group, advocates a system where leaders support each towards "meaningful effort". (1:19)
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