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An archive of articles and stories to help explain the issues at stake.

Date	Media Source	Topic	Headline	Author
08-02	Philadelphia Business Journal	Health Bill	Pa. starting up new program for uninsured adults	John George
07-01	The Washington Post	Health Bill	Obama administration unveils government health-care Web site	N.C. Aizenman
07-01	Kaiser Health News	Health Bill	Six Questions About the Government’s New Health Insurance Website	Phil Galewitz
04-06	Kaiser Health News	Health Bill	Sebelius vows implementation of health law will be clear, transparent	n/a
03-22	New York Times	Health Bill	Obama Hails Vote on Health Care as Answering ‘the Call of History’	Pear, Robert Herszenhorn, David
03-21	New York Times	Health Bill	How health care overhaul could affect you	Hosssain, Farhana Quealy, Kevin
02-18	Wall Street Journal	Health Bill	The WellPoint Mugging: The brawl over rate increases is a preview of ObamaCare	n/a
01-20	New York Times	Health Bill	Obama Weighs Paring Goals for Health Bill	Gay Stolberg, Sheryl Herszenhorn, David
12-24	New York Times	Health Bill	Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill	Pear, Robert
12-21	Washington Post	Health Bill	Health-care bill clears crucial vote in Senate, 60 to 40	Montgomery, Lori Murray, Shailagh
12-16	Washington Post	Health Bill	Obama urges Senate to pass health-care bill; Lieberman signals support	Montgomery, Lori Murray, Shailagh
12-09	Wall Street Journal	Health Bill	Senate Turns to Medicare, Medicaid	Adamy, Janet Hitt, Greg
12-03	Blue Cross Blue Shield Association	Health Bill	Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Costs in the Individual and Small Employer Health Insurance Markets	Wyman, Oliver
12-03	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	Health Bill	Statement and fact sheet on the benefits of health insurance reform on businesses	n/a
12-02	Wall Street Journal	Health Bill	ObamaCare at Any Cost	n/a
12-01	USA Today	Health Bill	Report predicts level premiums for those insured through work	Fritze, John
11-30	Congressional Budget Office	Health Bill	Analysis of the Senate bill	Elmendorf, Douglas W.
11-21	New York Times	Health Bill	Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate	Herszenhorn, David Pear, Robert
11-20	Congressional Budget Office	Health Bill	Analysis of House bill	Elmendorf, Douglas W.
11-19	Wall Street Journal	Health Bill	Showdown Set for Health Bill	Adamy, Janet Hitt, Greg
11-07	Wall Street Journal	Health Bill	House Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in Historic Vote	Adamy, Janet Bendavid, Naftali
11-05	Bloomberg.com	Legislation	House Prepares Health Vote, Undaunted by Elections	Rowley, James
11-04	Bloomberg.com	Legislation	Reid Signals Congress May Miss Health-Bill Deadline	Litvan, Laura
10-30	Washington Post	Public Option	House Democrats pull together on health care	Murray, Shailagh Montgomery, Lori
10-26	New York Times	Public Option	Public Option Push in Senate Comes With Escape Hatch	Pear, Robert Herszenhorn, David M.
10-21	New York Times	Antitrust Laws	House Panel Approves Bill Curbing Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption	Herszenhorn, David M.
10-21	New York Times	Medicare	Democrats Lose Big Test Vote on Health Legislation	Pear, Robert Herszenhorn, David M.
10-13	Wall Street Journal	Opinion	The Baucus Bill Is a Tax Bill	Holtz-Eakin, Douglas
10-13	New York Times	Legislation	Republican’s Vote Lifts a Health Bill, but Hurdles Remain	Pear, Robert Herszenhorn, David M.
10-12	Washington Post	Legislation	New Bill Would Raise Rates, Says Insurance Group	Connolly, Ceci
10-12	New York Times	Legislation	Current Health Care Legislation Will Not Control Medical Costs, Experts Warn	Herszenhorn, David M.
10-09	PricewaterhouseCoopers	Legislation	Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage	n/a
09-16	Kaiser Health News	Legislation	Baucus Releases Bill: No Public Option	Carey, Mary Agnes
08-26	Reuters	Key Stakeholders	Kennedy’s death another chapter in healthcare saga	Ferraro, Thomas
08-19	Washington Post	Government Plan	It's Time to Give Up On the Public Option	Pearlstein, Steven
08-18	Washington Post	Legislation	Cooperatives Being Pushed as an Alternative to a Government Plan	Hilzenrath, David S. MacGillis, Alec
08-11	New York Times	Legislation	Under Pressure on Health Care, White House Fights Back	Rutenberg, Jim Calmes, Jackie
08-10	USA Today	Legislation	Misinformation, mayhem mar debate on health care	Pennink, Hans
08-10	CBS News	Costs	What Will Health Care Reform Cost You?	Andrews, Michelle
08-04	Washington Post	AHIP	Health Insurance Lobby Strikes Back at Industry's Critics	Hilzenrath, David S.
08-03	National Public Radio	Legislation	Public Baffled By Health Care Arguments	Halloran, Liz
08-03	US News and World Report	Legislation	Health Reform Demands That Lawmakers Read the Bills	Healy, M.D., Bernadine
08-03	Associated Press	Taxes	Obama officials: Taxes may rise to pay health care	Elliott, Philip
08-02	New York Times	Reconciliation	With Health Care Talks Uncertain, Democrats Consider a Last Resort	Hulse, Carl
07-31	New York Times	Legislation	Health Bill Clears Hurdle and Hints at Consensus	Pear, Robert Herszenhorn, David
07-29	Philadelphia Inquirer	Legislation	Build on what is working	Frick, Joseph A.
07-29	Wall Street Journal	Physicians	Doctors Oppose Giving Commission Power Over Medicare Payments	Goldstein, Jacob
07-27	Businessweek.com	History of health care	Health Care in Crisis: How We Got into This Mess	Wallace, Ed
07-22	Msnbc.com	Reality check	Doc shortages to deficits: Reform reality check	Caplan, Authur
07-22	New York Times	Public Opinions	Challenge to health bill: selling reform	Leonhardt, David
07-22	Washington Post	Individual Mandate	Like Car Insurance, Health Coverage May Be Mandated	Connolly, Ceci
07-22	AP online	Timeline	Medicare took one year; overhaul to take nearly ten	Alonso-Zaldiva, Ricardo
07-21	Reuters	Wellness	Health care reform needs better choices: report	Fox, Maggie
07-20	Washington Post	Taxing benefits	The Cost of Taxing Health Benefits	Kelin, James, Sweeny, John
07-18	New York Times	Legislation	Democrats Grow Wary as Health Bill Advances	Pear, Herszenhorn
07-18	Wall Street Journal	Costs	Obama Moves to Counter Cost Concerns	Meckler, Laura
07-17	Washington Post	Costs	Lawmakers Warned About Health Costs	Mongomery, Lori, Murray, Shailagh
07-17	New York Times	Legislation	House Committee Approves Health Care Bill	Pear, Robert
07-17	Washington Post	Costs	House bill falls short on two crucial issues	Editorial
07-16	Philadelphia Inquirer	Costs	Big cuts won't buy better care	Shapiro, Stuart
07-16	Fox News	Advertising	‘Harry and Louise’ return to hawk health care reform	Berger, Judson
07-15	New York Times	Legislation	Senate Committee clears health care reform bill	Herszenhorn, David
07-15	Boston Globe	Wellness	Healthy habits may cut price of insurance	Kranish, Michael
07-13	Washington Post	Costs	Health-Care Savings; How Congress can help defuse the 'ticking time bomb'	Editorial
07-12	Reuters	Taxes	Legislators reject higher taxes on wealth to help fund health reform	Alexander, David
07-09	Philadelphia Business Journal	Medicare	Hospitals agree to Medicare payment cuts to help pay for health care reform	Dash, Julekha
07-07	Reuters	Wellness	Health reforms could impact employee wellness programs	Wulfhorst, Ellen
07-07	The Hill	Costs	Dems to Show How They Will Find $1 Trillion	Young, Jeffery
07-06	Associated Press	Bills	A look at health care plans in Congress	None
06-30	New York Times	Clinical Effectiveness	Panel Suggests U.S. Medical Priorities	Meier, Barry
06-24	ABC-TV	Obama	Health Care Forum with President Obama (transcript)	Sawyer, Diane Gibson, Charley

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