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Health care reform must fix access problems
San Francisco Chronicle - 1/14/10 - Here's a simple way to determine whether your health plan is working: Can you see a doctor right away when you get sick or injured?
Obama and Lawmakers Seek Accord on Health Care
New York Times - 1/13/10 - With a growing sense of urgency, President Obama and top Congressional Democrats held a marathon negotiating session on Wednesday in an effort to thrash out agreements on sweeping health care legislation that could provide insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans.
Obama joins congressional leaders in talks to work out health-care kinks
Washington Post - 1/14/10 - President Obama spent several hours with congressional leaders Wednesday in a marathon negotiating session aimed at resolving outstanding differences between the House and Senate Democrats over health-care legislation and pushing his top domestic priority through to final passage.
Tax expansion could pay for healthcare overhaul
Los Angeles Times - 1/14/10 - Democratic congressional leaders are considering a new strategy to help finance their ambitious healthcare plan -- applying the Medicare payroll tax not just to wages but to capital gains, dividends and other forms of unearned income.
Nebraska's sweet deal on healthcare reform could lead to lawsuit
Christian Science Monitor - 1/13/10 - South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is threatening to file a constitutional challenge to Congress's healthcare reform effort unless a special provision favoring Nebraska at the expense of all other states is stripped from the law.
Democrats Make 'Signficant Progress' in Health Talks
Wall Street Journal - 1/13/10 - President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats reported "significant progress" toward an agreement on a final health bill Wednesday after negotiations at the White House that stretched for more than eight hours.
