Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Why :Health Care Reform
When: Saturday, August 29th – 1:00 PM
Where: Downtown Orlando Rec. Center, 649 W. Livingston Street
Nationally recognized speakers to be announced.

Reforming Health Insurance (not Healthcare)
Both the Washington Post and the New York Times report that the Obama administration is signaling a new willingness to jettison the public plan element of healthcare reform legislation. Jonathan Cohn at The Treatment questions whether anything’s really changed, though, because Obama has consistently praised the public option as a good idea without insisting that it be included in the final bill.
Kosmas schedules tele-town hall for Wednesday night
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, has scheduled a tele-town hall meeting for Wednesday, Aug. 19th, from 6:20 p.m. to 7:20 p.m., to talk about health insurance reform. Constituents who want to listen in should call her office at 407-208-1106 and register their phone number to ensure that they are contacted to participate on Wednesday evening.
Grayson Pledges Town Hall Rd. 2 Before Final Health Care Vote
Moments after U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, wrapped up his first town hall meeting on health care issues Monday night -- one that Democrats held most of the seats to -- the freshman congressman vowed to hold another one.
How the Democrats sold out health care reform
THE RAUCOUS right-wing protesters who have stormed congressional town hall meetings have thrust the debate over health care reform into the 24-hour news cycle. As a result, the effort to overhaul the U.S.'s broken health care system has become bogged down in a surreal discussion about "death panels," forced euthanasia and Big Brother government.
Obama's healthcare gap: Persistent
The vocal few standing up at summer "town hall'' meetings with complaints about the president's proposed healthcare reforms aren't the only ones with concerns, polling shows.

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