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The Note: Flurry of New Ads in Health Debate — Groups Battle Over …

The health -care battle is heating up with a flurry of new television ads, writes ABC News’ Deputy Political Director Teddy Davis. The Note, authored by ABC News’ Rick Klein, covers politics, the White House, Congress, Democrats, …

Sarah Palin Calls Health-Care Overhaul 'Downright Evil' – The …

The former governor of Alaska and last year’s Republican nominee for vice president sounds like she is in full campaign mode as she uses her Facebook page to condemn the proposals working their way through Congress.

Mommy Life: Pelosi's jets, Congressional travel self-indulgence

It’s tough to calculate the travel bills racked up by members of Congress, but one thing’s for sure: They use a lot of airplanes. In recent days, House of Representatives members allocated $550 million to upgrade the fleet of luxury Air …

Bending the Curve Requires Health Care Reform, Not Just Sick Care …

As President Obama and Congress struggle to bend the rising cost curve in order to make health care available to all Americans, the history of the first great expansion of health care coverage when Lyndon Johnson drove Medicare and …

Matthew Yglesias » The Health Care Generation Gap

It’s certainly interesting that older Americans are disproportionately likely to be hostile to Barack Obama’s plans for health care reform and also the case that most older Americans already benefit from a Canadian-style program of …