nytimes.com - 7/2/2009
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Mindful of the failures of former President Bill Clinton , whose intricate proposal for universal care collapsed on Capitol Hill 15 years ago, Mr. Obama until now had charted a different course, setting forth broad principles and concentrating on bringing disparate factions doctors, insurers, ...
time.com - 6/29/2009
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time.com —
Our health-care crisis and our energy crisis are
complex dilemmas made of many complex problems. But our...
biggest problem in both health care and energy is essentially the same simple problem: we use too much. And in both cases, there's a simple ...
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How to Reform Health Care and Energy: Use Less
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Tom Friedman: Obama “is going to have to mobilize the whole country to pressure the Senate — by educating Americans, with speech after speech, about the opportunities and necessities of a serious climate/energy bill….”
Climate Progress —
“… If he is not ready to risk failure by going all out, failure will be the most likely result.“
If Obama wants the Senate to pass Waxman-Markey — preferably strengthened — then he needs to put the same effort into it that he has begun for health care. And you, the informed public, must get more involved.
The NYT reported lasted month, “Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care“:
After months of insisting he would leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an ...
Tom Friedman: Obama “is going to have to mobilize the whole country…”
The Energy Collective —
“… If he is not ready to risk failure by going all out, failure will be the most likely result.“
If Obama wants the Senate to pass Waxman-Markey — preferably strengthened — then he needs to put the same effort into it that he has begun for health care. And you, the informed public, must get more involved.
The NYT reported lasted month, “Obama to Forge a Greater Role on Health Care“:
After months of insisting he would leave the details to Congress, President Obama has concluded that he must exert greater control over the health care debate and is preparing an intense push for legislation that will ...
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