Archive for May, 2009
Groups use money, Internet in health care lobbying (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
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Snapshots of lobbying techniques used as Congress gets ready to start writing bills overhauling health care: MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE POWERFUL: The health industry sensed a shift toward Democrats last year, and adjusted.
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health lobby truces may fray (AP via Yahoo! News)
Reshaping the nation’s health care system has spurred some shotgun marriages of convenience.
Baucus At The Center Of Health Care Debate (NPR)
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has emerged as the somewhat surprising champion of a health care overhaul in Congress. But some critics worry that in his efforts to craft a bipartisan health care bill, Baucus may compromise too much.
Tax Proposals Draw Critics in Talks on Financing Health Insurance – New York Times
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WASHINGTON Even as Congress weighed options to finance health insurance for tens of millions of Americans, lobbyists mobilized Wednesday to head off proposed taxes on employer-provided health benefits, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Labor …
Beer tax on tap for health care? – Arlington Heights Daily Herald
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a …
Groups use money, Internet in health care lobbying (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Snapshots of lobbying techniques used as Congress gets ready to start writing bills overhauling health care:
US company to handle Chinese city’s health data (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A U.S. company will be handling health data for residents of a region in east-central China. Noridian Administrative Services says it will be building a data center and a call center in China to handle the project in Xinxiang.
Conservatives offer health proposal – WTHI
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional conservatives, convinced voters need to see a Republican health care plan and frustrated their party hasnt offered one, are introducing legislation of their own. Their comprehensive plan would raise money by taxing …
Editorial: There
s something very wrong with health care – Edmonton Examiner
It has been said that there is nothing wrong with our health-care system … as long as you dont get sick. Well, a lot of Albertans are getting sick … and tired. Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert is a man on the hot seat these days. But it …
Sir Elton John, Burrill, Greenwood and Health Care Leaders Headline … – PR Inside
provided insight on innovation, sustainability and biotech business for 2009 and beyond. Highlights from today include. Keynote Speakers: – Sir Elton John spoke about the HIV/AIDS : epidemic. He praised biotechnology leaders for developing treatments …
White House Again Leaves Door Open to Taxing Health Benefits – Wall Street Journal Blogs
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