Health-care debate heats up as Senate, House grapple with plans

As the debate on health-care reform heats up on Capitol Hill, it's clear lawmakers don't see eye-to-eye on the issue -- with each other or President Obama. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 8, 2009

There is some muzzy description of the grappling, but no great clarity.

The Republicans and their corporate masters are looking to kill health care, not looking for a bipartisan bill. Bipartisan consensus at the ... More »

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by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 9, 2009

At least this story mentioned that there are Democrats (forgot about the Republicans) who favor single payer. That brings it up to less-unacceptable quality.

None of these stories say anything about health care reform. I would have expected that to be part of the discussion, especially since increased ... More »

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by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 8, 2009

Why CNN needed an anonymous source up top for a story this cut-and-dry, I'm not sure. On the whole, this was simple but fairly informative.

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