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Progressive Breakfast: Who's Buying Medicare Buy-in?

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Medicare Buy-In Proposal Roils Congress Sens. Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman start to hedge on deal. Politico: "Lieberman indicated that he was growing...

Progressive Breakfast: Reid Not Done

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Reid Not Finished Making Changes To Health Care Bill Pushback against latest idea from Sen. Carper to bury public option. DailyKos' mcjoan: "A triggered co-op!...

Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday. Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third...

Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday. Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third...

Progressive Breakfast: Health Care Jockeying Continues

The jockeying continues among members of the Senate Finance Committee to get enough votes to pass a health care reform bill. The Hill reports that committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus is optimistic that an assessment of the cost of the bill by the Congressional Budget...

Progressive Breakfast: Paying For Health Care Reform

Paying For Health Care Reform NYT's David Leonhardt promotes a soda tax to help pay for health care reform: "…the debate over soda tax is a useful one, because it does a nice job of capturing some of the most serious problems with our current tax system. Not...

Progressive Breakfast: Insurers Play Ball With White House

Insurers Play Ball With White House NYT on major health care announcement today: "Doctors, hospitals, drug makers and insurance companies will join President Obama on Monday in announcing their commitment to a sharp reduction in the growth of national health spending,...

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