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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 … 14

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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 …

• Health summit: Heated talk, little agreement

  February 25, 2010 in Nation/World With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit Thursday over the right prescription for the nation’s broken health care system, talking of agreement … 15

• 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

• Obama puts forward last-ditch health care plan

  February 22, 2010 in Nation/World Making a last-ditch effort to save his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama on Monday put forward a nearly $1 trillion, 10-year compromise that would allow the government to deny … 29

• Medicare add-ons costlier

  February 20, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year – another sign that spiraling costs are a …

• 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 …

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  Medical officials decry plans to cut Basic Health

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 Health care executives say looming state budget cuts threaten to push thousands more people into the ranks of the uninsured and further strain the region’s clinics and hospitals. The worries … 3

• Gregoire counting on federal cash

  February 2, 2010 in City on Page A10 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire said she’s confident the federal government will come up with $435 million for Medicaid reimbursements over the next 18 months, easing somewhat the cuts the … 6

• 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 …

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  Republicans say nation can’t afford Dem policies

  January 27, 2010 in Nation/World The nation cannot afford the spending Democrats have enacted or the tax increases they propose, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday in the Republican response to the State of the …

• Fact check: Obama and the ’hatchet’ job

  January 27, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama, who once considered government spending freezes a hatchet job, told Americans on Wednesday it’s now part of his solution to the exploding deficit. He didn’t explain what … 1

• Embattled Obama declares in speech, ‘I don’t quit’

  January 27, 2010 in Nation/World Declaring “I don’t quit,”’ President Barack Obama fought to recharge his embattled presidency with a State of the Union vow to get jobless millions back to work and to stand … 4

• 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.

• In upset, GOP’s Brown wins Mass. Senate race

  January 19, 2010 in Nation/World In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election Tuesday that left President … 3

• 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

• Walgreen’s fights drop in Medicaid payments

  January 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 Walgreen Co. said it will stop filling Medicaid prescriptions at about half of its pharmacies in Washington next month because of continued reimbursement reductions. Walgreen’s, the largest drugstore chain in …

• INHS billing fight flares

  January 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Inland Northwest Health Services plans to pull its electronic records staff out of Deaconess Medical Center as a multimillion dollar fight over unpaid bills worsens. Tom Fritz, chief executive of …

• 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 …

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  CdA hospital CEO to retire in 2011

  January 13, 2010 in City on Page A6 Joe Morris will retire next year from his post as chief executive of Kootenai Health, the public district that runs Kootenai Medical Center. He has held the job for 30 … 1

• 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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