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• Health care plan cuts deficit, CBO concludes

  March 18, 2010 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Democratic health care efforts got an important boost Thursday as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the $940 billion health care package could reduce federal deficits $130 … 24

• Health bill gains traction

  March 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders saw momentum gather behind their sweeping health care legislation Wednesday, as they picked up commitments of support in the House from Democratic …

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  Idaho first state to enact health reform challenge

  March 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney …

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  Idaho first to sign law against health care reform

  March 17, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring the attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force … 16

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  GOP attacks health reform maneuvers

  March 17, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – As momentum behind health care legislation seemed to gather in the House Tuesday, Republicans mounted a last-ditch effort to undercut the Democrats’ newest gambit for bringing it to … 3

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  Obama adds fraud fight to reform sell

  March 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final … 3

• Reform ‘within our grasp,’ Obama says

  March 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 GLENSIDE, Pa. – President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they …

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  Impasse persists on health care reform

  February 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With Republicans apparently unmoved by a daylong face-off on live TV, President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress now face the test of whether they can overhaul the …

• Renewed push on health reform

  February 24, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – On the eve of President Barack Obama’s planned health care summit, Democratic lawmakers are increasingly confident that they can resurrect their sweeping overhaul legislation after weeks of uncertainty … 2

• Obama offers up health reform

  February 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday launched a last-ditch effort to revive health care legislation that’s unlikely to gain Republican support but may restore Democratic momentum for the bill … 3

• Health reform block passes

  February 10, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – In a pre-emptive strike against possible federal health care reform, the Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would ban enforcement of federal requirements to buy …

• Obama invites GOP to health talk

  February 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – In the first major step to revive his health care agenda after his party’s loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Barack Obama on Sunday invited Republican and …

• Health care grows costlier

  February 4, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – In a stark reminder of growing costs, the government estimated today that health care consumed a record 17.3 percent of all spending in the U.S. economy last year …

• Pelosi floats new stratagem on health care reform

  January 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Laying out a possible path to passing health legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the House should pass the Senate’s health bill while using a separate …

• Gregoire to Congress: ‘Get it done’

  January 26, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and a phalanx of state officials who deal with health care had a message Monday for congressional Democrats who may be wavering on the issue … 1

• Gregoire urges Congress to take action on health care

  January 25, 2010 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire and a phalanx of state officials who deal with health care tried to send a message to a Congress that may be wavering on the issue in … 8

• Democrats reject fast-track reform

  January 22, 2010 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Though reeling from a political body blow, House Democrats rejected the quickest fix to their health care dilemma Thursday and signaled that any agreement on President Barack Obama’s … 2

• Analysis: Mass. loss costs Obama, Dems 60th health care vote

  January 19, 2010 in Nation/World A stunning loss in Massachusetts has cost President Barack Obama and the Democrats the 60-vote Senate majority they’ve needed to push health care overhaul to the verge of enactment.

• Massachusetts vote has Democrats on edge

  January 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 BOSTON – A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in … 1

• Health care law closer after tentative tax deal

  January 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost insurance plans as part of landmark health care legislation taking … 2

• Nation tiring of health care fight

  January 13, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Facing an electorate unhappy with health care legislation and worried about jobs and financial insecurity, congressional Democrats are under increasing pressure to complete work quickly on their sweeping …

• Amy Goodman: Health care urgency lacking

  January 8, 2010 in Opinion on Page A17 The media have been swamped with reports about the attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day. When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, now dubbed the “underwear bomber,” failed … 3

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  Obama backs insurance tax

  January 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for …

• Editorial: Hiding from cameras only harms debate on health care

  January 7, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 The design, debate and formation of health care reform haven’t been as open as candidate Barack Obama envisioned. The New York Times notes that in 2007 Obama criticized the Clintons … 1

• Mandated insurance has varied list of foes

  January 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – If there is one thing in the proposed congressional health care overhaul that sets Michael Cannon’s libertarian teeth on edge, it’s the requirement that all Americans get health … 2

• Gov. Otter threatens suit over health care reform

  December 31, 2009 in Idaho BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he may sue to stop federal health care reform, calling U.S. House and Senate bills unconstitutional and too costly. 3

• Hyperbole reigns in health reform

  December 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 When legislation is as long and complex as the health care reform bill finally nearing Senate passage, critics from both the left and right can inevitably find some legitimate areas …

• Senate Democrats pass landmark health care bill

  December 24, 2009 in Nation/World Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama’s legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first … 7

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  Health care bill vote today

  December 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Overcoming a final procedural hurdle, Senate Democrats cleared the way for Christmas Eve passage of a landmark health-care bill that would provide coverage to more than 30 million …

• First test vote has Senate on cusp of health overhaul

  December 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate early today took a giant step closer to enacting its sweeping health care bill – a watershed moment that united fractious Democrats after months of debate … 3

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