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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Troubled HealthCare.gov unlikely to work fully by end of November — Software problems with the federal online health insurance marketplace, especially in handling high volumes, are proving so stubborn that the system is unlikely to work fully by the end of the month as the White House has promised …
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare is in much more trouble than it was one week ago — 1. The Affordable Care Act's political position has deteriorated dramatically over the last week. President Bill Clinton's statement that the law should be reopened to ensure everyone who likes their health plans can keep them was a signal event.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems double down in attack on Upton bill — House Democratic leaders are doubling down in their opposition to GOP legislation that would allow Americans to keep their healthcare plans, even as the party is taking a political drubbing over the contentious issue.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama is boxed in by Bill Clinton — President Obama scrambled to find a coherent response Tuesday after former President Clinton jammed the administration by saying it should keep its promise that people could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
It's Good That You Can't Keep Your Insurance Plan — Obama was wrong to mislead people but right to scrap dysfunctional insurance products. — “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” That was the promise Barack Obama made to insured Americans when stumping for his signature health insurance overhaul back in 2009 and 2010.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
White House officials get earful from Democrats on Obamacare — [Adds breaking news update 2:10 p.m.] — White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday the Obama administration believes HealthCare.gov will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users by the end of the month as planned.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Merkley, Feinstein Back Landrieu's Bill To Unwind Obamacare Market Reforms
Merkley, Feinstein Back Landrieu's Bill To Unwind Obamacare Market Reforms
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here Comes The Real Government Takeover Of Health Care
Here Comes The Real Government Takeover Of Health Care
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two Dems join ‘keep your plan’ bill
Two Dems join ‘keep your plan’ bill
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Exclusive: Obamacare's Mystery Woman Says She Fell Victim to Cyberbullies … The smiling woman who was once the face of the Affordable Care Act's website has come out of the shadows to stand up to the “cyberbullying” she says she suffered after the law's flawed kickoff.
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Insurance Enrollment Far Short of Expectations at 106,185
Insurance Enrollment Far Short of Expectations at 106,185
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid calls special ObamaCare meeting — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday will convene a special meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus and senior White Officials to discuss the troubled rollout of ObamaCare. — Reid on Wednesday told reporters he would not answer questions …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid lacks the votes to go nuclear (VIDEO)
Reid lacks the votes to go nuclear (VIDEO)
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: ‘Very confident’ Obamacare will improve
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Historic Pro-Choice Bill To Be Introduced In Congress — Following an unprecedented three-year wave of state legislative attacks on abortion and family planning services, a group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate plan to go on the offensive Wednesday with a historic bill …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats To Introduce Bill To Prevent States From Restricting Abortion — Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday will introduced a bill that would prevent states from creating standards for abortion clinics that would make it more difficult for women to obtain an abortion, according to the Huffington Post.
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Timwilliamspgh / CBS Pittsburgh:
Police: At Least 3 Shot Near Brashear High School — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -Several suspects have been taken in for questioning in connection with a shooting that left three students injured near Brashear High School Wednesday afternoon. — According to police, the shooting happened on Crane Avenue around 3 p.m.
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Tea Party Group Will Primary 87 Republican “Traitors” — The Tea Party Leadership Fund is hoping to find “credible challengers” to any Republican who voted for the shutdown deal in October. At the top of the list: House Speaker John Boehner. — Via theteapartyleadershipfund.com
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James Carville / TheHill:
Not so fast, my friend — In my column two weeks ago …
Washington Post:
Democrat Mark Herring gets a leg up in Va. attorney general's race in late ballot count — State Sen. Mark R. Herring padded his still-narrow lead over state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain on Tuesday night in the race for Virginia attorney general, giving the Democrat an apparent 163-vote advantage …
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WikiLeaks:
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) — WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than 40 per cent of the world's GDP.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Controversy over Richard Cohen's comments on the de Blasio family — Richard Cohen has a knack for making venom-spewing enemies out of people who should be his allies. — Like on Tuesday, when The Washington Post columnist wrote about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances …
MyFoxBoston:
Sudbury girl wants Apple to remove derogatory definition from dictionary — SUDBURY, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) - A history essay on gay rights led a 15-year-old Sudbury girl to take a stand against a giant corporation. — Becca Gorman said she was writing her essay when she typed the word “gay” into her Macbook laptop's dictionary.
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Dallas News:
One fired, three suspended after undercover health care video — By: myfoxdfw.com Staff - email — The Urban League of Greater Dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie.
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