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Tracking President Barack Obama's Health Care Reform Plan

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After it became clear that President Barack Obama's health care reform plan wasn't going to be jammed through Congress like his stimulus package, conservatives began to become more involved in the discussion. While many people accuse conservatives of simply being obstructionists to health care reform -- and, admittedly, they do largely oppose a government-run public system -- they have a number of legitimate solutions to the problem, which, if implemented, would go a long way toward fixing the current system.

Take a look at how conservatives feel about the current state of health care in America and the efforts to reform it.

Senate Becomes Last Hope for American Health Care System
Nov. 9, 2009
The good news for conservatives and other opponents of HR 3962 is that for the bill to be approved in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid will have to have the support of all 58 Democrats and both independents ...

As Jobless Rate Surpasses 10 Percent, Obama Pushes Health Insurance Reform
Nov. 6, 2009
Despite the rising unemployment statistics, President Barack Obama continues to obliviously push his health care reform legislation. And why not? After all, he has a job. What does he care? The economy and job security may very well be the taxpayers' top priorities, but reforming health insurance and getting re-elected are his top priorities ...

Olympia's Snowe Job on ObamaCare
Oct. 13, 2009
If the ultimate incarnation of ObamaCare turns out to be the disaster many expect it will be, history will look grimly upon liberal Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe ...

Obama's Congressional Speech Belies His History
Sept. 9, 2009
During his long-winded speech to a joint session of Congress on health care reform Wednesday night, President Barack Obama found areas of common ground with Republicans, but wasted an excellent opportunity to show the nation he was serious about embracing bipartisan negotiations ...

What Obama Should Understand About Health Care Opponents
Sept. 3, 2009
As President Barack Obama prepares to address the nation next week on the issue of health care reform, he might do well to drop the rhetoric about "going it alone." Despite his initial cavalier dismissal of health care opponents across the nation, Obama doesn't understand that the opposition to his plan is genuine ...

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