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10 Things You Didn't Know Were in the Health Care Bill

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. April 5, 2010.

Calorie counts? A disclosure of swag Big Pharma reps give doctors? Abstinence education? Here are some surprising items in the health care bill.

Pelosi Says She Lacks Votes to Pass Health Bill

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 21, 2010.

Allowing the health bill to fail now is insane.

Are Republicans Dumb Enough to Demand a Repeal of the Health Bill in the 2010 Elections?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 15, 2010.

Seems to be the case. This offers an amazing opportunity for Democrats.

Pro-Abstinence Folks Hope to Continue Their Failed Policy; Thankfully, Obama Is not Listening

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 29, 2009.

Bush and Cheney spent around $150 million on abstinence programs that failed miserably. So why do anti-sex advocates insist on throwing money down the hole?

Poll: Strong Majority of Americans Still 'Favor' a Public Option

Matt Corley, December 10, 2009.

The stable popularity of the public option suggests that Americans may want the expansion of existing public programs.

Olympia Snowe's Strange Definition of 'Mainstream'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 5, 2009.

Sen. Snowe's opinions on health care policy have taken on quite a bit of significance in recent months. That's a shame.

The 2010 Reforms in the House Healthcare Reform Bill

mcjoan, Daily Kos. October 29, 2009.

House leadership has released this fact sheet on the key elements of the House healthcare reform bill that will begin in 2010.

Falling Short of Robust Public Option

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 29, 2009.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you can pass in a House caucus with 51 Blue Dogs.

The Real Battle for Health Reform Begins

Mike Lux, Open Left. October 14, 2009.

The preliminaries are finally over in the battle to finally, finally, finally -- 97 years after Teddy Roosevelt first proposed it -- pass comprehensive health care reform.