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California subpoenas big health insurers' financial records
Los Angeles Times - 2/25/10 - The California state attorney general's office said Thursday that it had subpoenaed financial records of California's seven largest health insurance companies as part of an investigation into whether they illegally raised customer premiums and denied payment of legitimate claims.
Healthcare summit reveals chasm between parties
Los Angeles Times - 2/25/10 - Facing unbending Republican opposition to a healthcare overhaul, President Obama confronted a stark reality Thursday as his televised summit ended: If he and his Democratic allies in Congress want to reshape the nation's healthcare system, they will have to do it by themselves.
At health-care summit, Obama tells Republicans he's eager to move ahead
Washington Post - 2/26/10 - President Obama declared Thursday that the time for debate over health-care reform has come to an end, closing an unusual seven-hour summit with congressional leaders by sending a clear message that Democrats will move forward to pass major legislation with or without Republican support.
Professor Obama schools lawmakers on health-care reform
Washington Post - 2/26/10 - Republicans had been hesitant to accept President Obama's invitation to participate in Thursday's White House health-care summit. Their hesitance turned out to be justified.
More Talk, No Deal at Health Summit
Wall Street Journal - 2/26/10 - After hundreds of hours of congressional debate, a summer of rowdy town hall meetings and a Massachusetts election that upended all political calculations, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders spent Thursday talking still more about reforming the U.S. health care system.
