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Discount medical plans come under state scrutiny
American Medical News - 3/8/10 - States, including California and Massachusetts, recently have announced new rules and regulations for discount medical cards and limited benefit plans. Regulators are hoping to keep consumers from signing up for what they believe is real health insurance, but what regulators say is often far from it.
Dems' splintering threatens health bill
Washington Times - 3/8/10 - The escalating battle among Democrats over abortion has grabbed headlines, but a few other intraparty disputes are endangering President Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal
Boston Globe - 3/8/10 - Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has a long and tortuous history, a new battle is being waged over a question that could undercut a key part of President Obama’s health care proposal: whether Washington can require that most Americans have health insurance.
Obama appeals for public support on health care
San Francisco Chronicle - 3/8/10 - President Barack Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people and said Republicans ignored long-festering problems when they held power as he sought to build support Monday for swift passage of health care legislation stalled in Congress.
Healthcare overhaul comes down to Pelosi and Obama
Los Angeles Times - 3/8/10 - The fate of healthcare legislation turns on the endgame skills of two Democrats who bring vastly different assets to the task: President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Democrats Voice Health-Bill Doubts
Wall Street Journal - 3/8/10 - Some House Democrats wavering over whether to back a health-care overhaul questioned whether it would effectively curb the country's health costs, highlighting a difficult issue that the White House and congressional leaders must address in the final negotiations on the measure.
