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• Is Obama Turning on Goldman Sachs? | Mother Jones
  As President Barack Obama hits the endgame for health care reform, is he making a ploy to associate price-gouging insurance companies with Wall Street greed? Goldman Sachs recently released a report encouraging investors to buy up shares in two large insurance firms and thereby profit from the industry's soaring premiums. Now, the White House is making that brief the centerpiece of Obama's closing argument for overhauling the health system. It appears that Obama is subtly using the Wall Street titan's toxic reputation to demonize the insurance industry and rally public support for a comprehensive bill.
• The Washington Monthly
  'FIRED UP' OBAMA EYES HEALTH CARE ENDGAME IN A 'FEW WEEKS'.... President Obama will host two rallies in support of health care reform this week, and the first was held this morning at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
• The Washington Monthly
  CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.... For months, congressional Democrats have said, with varying degrees of subtlety, that they want the White House to start taking charge of the process surrounding health care reform. While the West Wing has consistently asked Hill leaders to oversee the legislative and procedural details, lawmakers wanted to see the president take charge. They wanted to follow, and expected President Obama to lead.
• The Washington Monthly
  HEALTH REFORM IS UNPOPULAR -- OR IS IT?.... It's a part of the health care reform debate that's hardly even questioned anymore. As Republicans never tire of pointing out, the pending reform plan just isn't very popular.
• The Washington Monthly
  REID EYES 'LIKELY' CHANGES TO SENATE RULES.... Meeting with center-left journalists on the Hill today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) not only blamed Republicans' tactics for the chamber's difficulties, but vowed to consider changes in the next Congress.
• Covering The Uninsured “Like Curing Breast Cancer” | Public News Service
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Being without medical insurance can be a fatal conditions, according to a new study. It says that 270 West Virginians are likely to die each year over the next decade for lack of insurance, if efforts to reform health care fail. The organization Families USA took formulas from a prestigious Institute of Medicine report and projected their impact on state death rates for people between 25 and 64.
• The Washington Monthly
  IT'S ONLY A 'CONTROVERSY' WHEN DEMS DO IT.... At this point, thanks to a very aggressive push, the reconciliation process in the Senate has been deemed "controversial" by major media outlets. And why is it "controversial"? Because Republicans are upset about it.