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Dems Court Snowe For Key 60th Vote
The White House and Senate Democrats are courting the vote of Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, the lone Republican many think Democrats can get to side with them.
Pelosi Tries To Unite Divided Democratic Factions In House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a difficult task in the House: herding the different Democratic factions to fashion a single health care bill.
Costs To Government, Consumers Remain Unclear In Finance Bill
The effect of a health overcome on the country’s finances is hard to predict
Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday’s opinions and editorials.
New Poll Shows Only 20 Percent Say Health Care Is Their Biggest Concern
A new poll shows only one in five say health care is the biggest concern for their family.
Democrats, Seeking To Ease Seniors Concerns, Propose Freeze On Medicare Part B Premiums
Democrats, worried about a backlash from seniors as health care debate heats up, seek to avert big Medicare premium increases in Medicare Part B scheduled for some beneficiaries.
Health Policy Research Roundup
A summary of recent releases of health policy research findings.
Trade Groups To Church Groups Share Evolving Views On Health Reform
Many groups fear, or are fiercely advocating for, provisions in Democratic health care reform proposals. Others are softening their stances on certain parts of the bills.
Heads Of Indian Health Service, Hispanic Doctors Speak Out On Reform
NPR asks the president of the National Hispanic Medical Association and the director of the Indian Health Service about their views on health reform.
Profile Of Grady Memorial Hospital Highlights The Difficulties Faced By Safety Net Facilities
Illegal immigrants say an effort to close Grady Memorial’s dialysis center could end their only source of care. The closure may foreshadow broader problems “safety-net” hospitals could face under the health care overhaul.
Biden Emerges As Health Care Messenger
The vice president has emerged as a key administration health care messenger following a talk with seniors in Maryland on Wednesday.
Democrats Woo AARP, Seniors To Support Health Reform Bills
Seniors are a key constituency for Democrats, who are courting the AARP
Health Reform Ads Confusing Public, News Outlets Try To Dispel The Fog
Advertising is muddying up the health care debate as the dueling sides and media try to sort out what’s true and what’s not.
First Edition: September 24, 2009
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Obama Addresses U.N. General Assembly, Calls For ‘New Era Of Engagement’
In his first U.N. General Assembly address, President Obama on Wednesday “called for ‘a new era of engagement’ … with the world, pledging to work together with other countries while defending the interests of the United States,” Reuters reports (9/23). The Associated Press reports that Obama “believes there are four pillars necessary to ensure that future – nuclear disarmament, the promotion of peace and security, preservation of the planet, and a global economy that offers opportunity for all people. Obama says those pillars must be ‘the guiding principle of international cooperation'” (9/23).
During the G20 summit opening Thursday in Pittsburgh, President Obama will propose countries around the world phase out government subsidies that promote the production and use of fossil fuels “that spew carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas,” the Associated Press reports (Borenstein, 9/23). “The plan is part of efforts to combat climate change, enhance energy security, improve public health and the environment, promote faster economic growth and support more effective targeting of government resources for the poor, [White House] officials said,” AP reports in a second story.
Agriculture Summit Addresses Doubling Global Food Output By 2050
On Tuesday in Washington, D.C., U.S. agriculture companies Deere & Co., Archer Daniels Midland Co., DuPont Co. and Monsanto Co. met with lawmakers, hunger experts and other officials at a Global Harvest Initiative symposium to address “sustainable” food production, Reuters reports. The Global Harvest Inititiative was founded to achieve “the goal of doubling agricultural output by 2050 to meet rising world demand,” according to the news service.
Global Effort Needed To Protect People From Species-Crossing Diseases, Report Finds
A team of health experts on Tuesday called for the U.S. “to lead a global effort to protect people from new outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases that originate in animals, such as swine flu, AIDS and SARS,” Reuters writes.
