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- Economists and Bloggers React to Obama's Heath Care Speech
- Reactions from economists and the blogosphere to President Obama's Wednesday night speech to Congress on health care reform. Megan McCardle, The Atlantic So, the speech. Here’s what we’ve got: Guaranteed issue. Community rating. Portability. Exchanges. Mandate. Deficit neutrality. The public option...
- Articles 2009-09-10
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- Health Care Reform Without the Shouting
- Most Americans agree on the broad outlines of health care reform. No one, Republican or Democrat, believes that the current health care system give great value for the money. No one, Republican or Democrat, believes that it's a great idea for health care to be tied to employment. No one,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Baucus Health Care Plan: Bye-Bye Public Option
- The wait is over: the Senate Finance Committee's formal health care bill has finally arrived! Chairman Max Baucus unveiled the Senate version, "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009," which sounds eerily like a breakfast cereal. The 10-year $856 billion Senate plan is a $44 billion savings from the number President...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Grading President Obama's Health Care Speech
- Despite being heckled in front of millions of people, President delivered a powerful speech just when he needed it most. Why did it work? A speech pro dissects it line-by-line. by Sean Silverthorne
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Is the Obama Administration Giving Up On a Public-Sector Insurance Plan?
- I doubt it. Progressives are in the middle of a long negotiation with conservatives that will end in conference committee late this fall, where politicians will merge the Senate and House versions of the bills, hammering out the differences. We know that the House bill contains a strong public sector...
- News items 2009-08-18
- AMA Applauds Obama, But These Are Early Days
- The leadership of the American Medical Association praised President Obama’s long, detailed speech on health care reform at the AMA Convention in Chicago. In a press conference held after the speech today, AMA President Nancy Nielsen, MD noted that the President had received a “warm reception†from the delegates. That's...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Insurance Commissioners Tell Health Insurers: Stop Scaring Seniors
- Like every other powerful group in the country, health insurers turn up the lobbying heat when they see their interests compromised. They spent $15.5 million in the first half of 2009 to influence health care reform, according to the National Underwriter.  Some would say that the most effective media campaign ever was...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Five Ways to Speak Like Obama
- Barack Obama is a master at grabbing and keeping his audience's attention, which is the number one goal of any public speaker. How does he do it? Here are five key lessons from Obama's rhetorical playbook. 1. Talk About the Audience’s Concerns ...
- Articles 2009-04-20
- Yahoo Releases Top Searches of 2009 (Twitter Nowhere to Be Found)
- 2009 was a year of ups and downs for Yahoo search. While we wait for the Yahoo/Microsoft search deal , and its repercussions, to take effect, we know that Yahoo still holds firm as the number two search site, with 18.8% market share (to Google's 64.9%), according to...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Obama's Speech: Where's The Beef?
- It certainly was an historic night. Barack Obama, standing outside on a warm summer night in Denver, accepting the nomination as the first-ever presidential candidate of African-American descent. Obama’s oratory skills did not fail him. But the next morning, as I read the text of his speech,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Obama's Financial Reform: All Talk, No Action
- It's just so predictable: use the anniversary of Lehman's bankruptcy to talk about regulatory reform. President Obama's Financial Rescue and Reform speech today at Federal Hall (a beautiful building downtown, that's worth a visit if you are in the neighborhood) was laden with some harsh words: "there are some in...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Health Care: Who's Footing the $900 Billion Bill?
- MoneyWatch's editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger compares President Obama's speech to financial fact.
- Videos 2009-09-10
- 10 Ways Social Media Will Change In 2010
- This time last year, I wrote about the 10 ways social media will change 2009 , and while all predictions have materialized or are on their way, it has only become clear in recent months how significant of a change we've seen this year. 2009 will go...
- News items 2009-12-11
- The Tech Solution To The Recession
- Just as 2008 was defined by Barack Obama's electoral victory, 2009 will be defined by another competition the incoming administration sparked: the race to grab the hundreds of billions of dollars the president-elect has pledged to spend revamping America's infrastructure. Unlike the beleaguered automakers and banks, high-tech companies aren't begging...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Reform Moves Stir Talk of Bundled Payments
- There’s a widespread belief among healthcare providers that we’re heading for Medicare payment changesâ€"and perhaps reimbursement changes in the broader systemâ€"that will reward collaboration between hospitals and physicians. While the Senate Finance Committeeâ€"the epicenter of national reform legislationâ€"has only suggested bundling of hospital and post-acute care payments, there are signs...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Obama's Speech Offers Lucrative New Universe for Big Pharma
- President Obama's speech on Wednesday night laid down clear battle lines in the healthcare reform debate: drug companies are on Obama's side, health insurers and Republicans are on the other. It will be interesting to see who has the more powerful lobbyists, Big Pharma or Big Managed Care. by Jim...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Sergio Marchionne: I can't do double-duty forever
- WASHINGTON -- Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne admitted to being human Monday. He said he won't indefinitely keep working seven days a week while flying between continents and overseeing two automakers and a farm-equipment business. The jet-setting exec, who's also CEO of Fiat SpA in Italy, signaled that within 24...
- News items 2009-12-08
- A letter from Michael Moore
- Monday, November 30th, 2009 Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan,...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Regulatory Reform: The Political Calculus
- Tom Armistead submits: Obama's address to Wall Street was poorly received – a smattering of applause for the announcement of the CFPA, but otherwise a deafening silence, followed afterward by commentary that sees little probability of meaningful reform of financial regulation. Most denizens of Wall Street have missed the point....
- External links 2009-09-17
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