Monthly Archive for October, 2009

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Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi lacks votes for most sweeping public option

October 23, 2009
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By MIKE ALLEN | POLITICO.com 10/23/09

Speaker Nancy Pelosi counted votes Thursday night and determined she could not pass a “robust public option” — the most aggressive of the three forms of a public option House Democrats have been considering as part of a national overhaul of health care.

Pelosi’s decision—coupled with a significant turn of events yesterday during a private White House meeting—points to an increasingly likely compromise for a “trigger” option for a government plan.

Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi lacks votes for most sweeping public option – Mike Allen – POLITICO.com

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Reid, Pelosi get dose of tough medicine

October 23, 2009
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By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & PATRICK O’CONNOR | 10/22/09

Public option — yes or no — has been at the heart of the debate on health reform all year, but Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were reminded Wednesday that the obstacles to getting a bill done are even bigger than that.

In the Senate, Reid got a taste of just how hard it will be to corral his famously fractious caucus — as a dozen Democrats joined with Republicans to vote down the so-called doc fix to Medicare physician reimbursements because it would add $247 billion to the deficit.

Reid, Pelosi get dose of tough medicine – Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O’Connor – POLITICO.com

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Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care

October 23, 2009
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By CHARLES BABINGTON (AP) – 10/22/09

WASHINGTON — The Democrats’ control of a hefty majority in the Senate — plus the House — would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation’s health care system this fall.

But the numbers mask a more complicated reality: Obama and Democratic leaders have modest leverage over several pivotal Senate Democrats who are more concerned about their next election or feel they have little to lose by opposing their party’s hierarchy.

One is still smarting from being forced to abandon next year’s election. Another had to leave the Democratic Party to stay in office. And some are from states that Obama lost badly last year.

The Associated Press: Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care

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Wife’s cancer prompts man to enlist

October 22, 2009
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By Mark Johnson

56 days . . . 55 days . . . 54 days . .

Chelsea Caudle began signing her text messages this summer with a countdown. At 14 years old, she knew no better way to express what was coming. Day Zero was to be Oct. 7, the day Dad left for Army basic training in Fort Jackson, S.C. He was moving 950 miles from their home in Watertown, 950 miles from Mom.

He was leaving, even though Mom was sick with ovarian cancer. Even though he had been at her side through two long, miserable rounds of chemotherapy. Even though she now faced the likelihood of a third.

In fact, Dad was leaving because Mom was sick.

He’s in the Army now – JSOnline

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Judge sides with employer in lawsuit over health benefits – Employee Benefit News

October 22, 2009
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By Lydell C. Bridgeford

October 22, 2009

A federal judge ruled that Deere & Co. was in compliance with ERISA when it redesigned its health benefits for certain retirees who had argued that the company reneged on its promise of full health coverage.

In Brubaker et al. v. Deere & Co., U.S. District Judge Charles Wolle of the Southern District of Iowa concluded that the company and its summary plan documents made it clear to the plaintiffs that their retiree health benefits may be amended, modified or terminated.

Judge sides with employer in lawsuit over health benefits – Articles – Employee Benefit News

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