Video - Obama: Time to work together on health care
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 8/15/2009 — President Barack Obama is asking Americans to lower the volume of the rhetoric over his health care proposal while acknowledging "legitimate differences" worthy of discussion.

Text: Obama's Health Care Speech
cbsnews.com 9/16/2009 — Full Prepared Remarks of the President's Address to Congress on his Health Care Reform Plans

Obama’s Health Care Speech
cato-at-liberty.org 6/15/2009 — In his speech to the American Medical Association today, President Obama repeatedly denied that he supports “socialized medicine” or “government-run” health care. But what is important is not the terminology, but under the proposal supported by the president, ...

Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan
online.wsj.com 6/24/2009 — ROBERT B. REICH Why has health-care reform stalled in Congress? Democrats, after all, control both Houses, and President Obama, whose popularity remains high, has made universal health care his No. 1 priority. What's more, an overwhelming majority of ...

Obama messes up on health care, big time
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 6/25/2009 — Really bad news on the health care front. After making the case for a public option, and doing it very well, Obama said this: "We have not drawn lines in the sand other than that reform has to control costs and that it has to provide relief to people ...

Video - Obama: Small business needs health care help
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 7/26/2009 — President Barack Obama, citing a new White House study suggesting that small businesses pay far more per employee for health insurance than big companies, said Saturday the disparity is "unsustainable -- it's unacceptable."

Video: What health care reform means for you
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 7/16/2009 — President Barack Obama wants a health care reform bill from Congress before the August recess. Here are some of the details on the plans working their way through the House and Senate.

What Makes Health Care Different?
econlog.econlib.org 7/23/2009 — (July 22, 2009 01:01 PM, by Arnold Kling) First, read Robin and Bryan on the issue. My thoughts: 1. I do not think that the economic differences between health care and other goods are as fundamental as the difference between the believers in ...

Dems alone can't deliver Obama health care win - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 7/27/2009 — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama 's push to overhaul health care needs Republican votes, lawmakers from both parties say. Democratic and GOP officials acknowledged Sunday that Obama's ambitious plan would not pass without the aid of a doubtful GOP , ...

The Cost of Health Care
cato-at-liberty.org 6/9/2009 — From a patient’s point of view, the ideal health insurance policy would offer unlimited access to medical services at no charge. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to offer this to everyone. The key to sustainable health care reform is ...

The news business: Tossed by a gale — The Economist: Full print edition 5/14/2009
It isn’t just newspapers: much of the established news industry is being blown away. Yet news is thriving PERHAPS the surest sign that newspapers are doomed is that politicians, so often their targets, are beginning to feel sorry for them. On ...

America's new diplomacy: Barack Obama, poised to plunge — The Economist: Full print edition 5/14/2009
America’s president is set to get involved in one of the world’s trickiest regions BY MANY measures, prospects for unpicking the Middle East’s intertwined tangles look as slim as ever. On the core question of Palestine, what may be ...

Politics this week — The Economist: Full print edition 5/14/2009
Barack Obama disappointed civil libertarians by reversing his promise to authorise the release of new photographs that have surfaced depicting American personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq. The president now wants to block ...

Obama's Secret Fuel Talks — The Big Money 5/18/2009
Politico is reporting that the Obamastration will announce, tomorrow, a new national fuel economy standard that will supplant previous Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that have been relatively unchanged for a decade. Here’s some ...

There Is No Michelle Effect — The Big Money 5/18/2009
Every time Michelle Obama wears a cardigan, it happens again: a nationwide gush-fest over the way that the first lady is boosting retailer J. Crew (JCG). Michelle Obama Lifts J. Crew ! Can Michelle Save the Fashion Retailer ? The First Lady ...