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Coming Attractions: Insurance Industry Funded Study is Wrong on the Facts… Again…

Later today, the insurance industry releases their latest in a string of flawed analyses designed to confuse the debate around health reform. After the now-infamous AHIP report, these studies have become more than a little predictable. Today, to make it more interesting, we will beat the insurers to the  punch and give you our response […]

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Word from the White House: Defenders of the Status Quo Obstructing Progress

It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published our focus for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports. Supporting article: “GOP Senator Pens Obstruction Manual […]

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What I Heard Last Night

Last night, I accompanied the President to West Point as he spoke to the American people about his decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  This was an important moment for America, delivered in a stirring yet sober setting.  Over four thousand people filled Eisenhower Hall — proud and patriotic cadets and their […]

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Making Home Affordable Campaign to Help America’s Homeowners

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One in Five Are Unaware

Today, on World AIDS Day, we take a moment to recognize those living with AIDS and the organizations dedicated to HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment. There are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS today in the United States. Another 56,000 Americans contract HIV each year and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that […]

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Reality Check: Standing by Medicare vs. Standing by Insurance Companies

If you’re an avid reader of this blog or you’ve been following the health insurance reform process closely, you probably know by now that reform will strengthen Medicare and keep the Medicare trust fund in the black for an additional five years. So you might find it curious that opponents of reform continue to repeat […]

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Review of White House Procedures During the State Dinner and New Guidelines

Today, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina issued this memo to all White House staff summarizing the White House review that was conducted after the State Dinner Tuesday night: Read the memo. Fonte: White House

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Reality Check: Senate Health Care Debate Viewing Guide

As the Senate debate gets into full swing this week, we thought we’d address a half dozen of the myths you will most certainly hear from critics of health insurance reform. If it feels like you have heard these arguments before, it is because you have… you have heard them over and over and over again. You […]

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The New Way Forward – The President's Address

Tonight the President outlined his strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.  Read the transcript or watch the full video below, we will update this post with translations of the address as they come in: Click here to see the video.   West Point cadets listen to President Barack Obama’s […]

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Gearing up for 2012 International AIDS Conference

I was very pleased to join Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, the President’s Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, ONAP Director Jeffrey Crowley, and Dr. Elly Katabira, President-elect of the International AIDS Society at the White House today for an event on the eve of World AIDS Day […]

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