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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Insurance Industry Rips White House Obamacare Fix — “This doesn't change anything other than force insurers to be the political flack jackets for the administration,” says an insider. — Joe Skipper / Reuters — WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry is already attacking …
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Insurers are furious about the White House's new Obamacare plan — Health insurance plans are not pulling any punches when it comes to their frustration with today's White House announcement. This is a statement that Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans, just put out:
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Allow Insurers to Continue Canceled Health Plans — Obama to Deliver Statement — WASHINGTON—The White House on Thursday will announce a plan for allowing insurance companies to continue offering existing individual insurance policies even if they fall short …
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The White House's Obamacare fix is about to create a big mess — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Jason Reed/Reuters) — When the drafters of the Affordable Care Act began working on a health reform law, there was a principle underpinning their goals …
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The Incidental Economist, AEIdeas, Bloomberg, Hot Air and The Dish
New York Times:
Obama's Move on Health Law Seems to Calm Democrats — WASHINGTON — President Obama, trying to quell a growing furor over the rollout of his heath care law, bowed to bipartisan pressure on Thursday and announced a policy reversal that would allow insurance companies to temporarily keep people …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
LOCKED IN THE CABINET — The worst job in Barack Obama's Washington. — Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a brilliant innovator whose research fills several all-but-incomprehensible paragraphs of a Wikipedia entry that spans his achievements in single-molecule physics …
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Nick Gillespie / TIME:
Ads Hide Obamacare Truth: It's Generational Theft — Get a clue, bro. New spots targeting millenials disguise the health insurance plan's real impact — Is massive stupidity covered under Obamacare? What about sexual promiscuity and heavy drinking? Those are some of the questions raised …
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Politico:
Obamacare fix: Keep plans — President Barack Obama gave a rare and extensive “mea culpa” news conference Thursday on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, as he repeatedly conceded that he and his administration had made mistakes in implementing key pieces of his signature policy achievement.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Liberals to President Obama: Keep it together — President Barack Obama never had the right wing on health care, has potentially lost the middle and with his attempted administrative fix is now in danger of losing the left. — Daily Kos launched a petition to urge Obama to stop apologizing for people losing their health care plans.
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ThinkProgress:
Everything You Need To Know About Obama's ‘Fix’ For Insurers Canceling Plans
Everything You Need To Know About Obama's ‘Fix’ For Insurers Canceling Plans
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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Pelosi Backing ‘If You Like It’ Obamacare Fix (Updated)
Pelosi Backing ‘If You Like It’ Obamacare Fix (Updated)
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and National Review
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
‘Fairy Tale’ Continues as Obama Proposes Extralegal Obamacare Fix
‘Fairy Tale’ Continues as Obama Proposes Extralegal Obamacare Fix
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Boehner: Upton Bill a Step On Path to Obamacare Repeal
Boehner: Upton Bill a Step On Path to Obamacare Repeal
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DownWithTyranny!, Crooks and Liars, About.com US Politics, Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The Obama-disaster news conference
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Obama Admits That Obamacare is Unworkable
Obama Admits That Obamacare is Unworkable
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Howard Dean: I Wonder If Obama Has the ‘Legal Authority to Do This’
Howard Dean: I Wonder If Obama Has the ‘Legal Authority to Do This’
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Mediaite and Sister Toldjah
Washington Post:
Obama announces change to address health insurance cancellations
Obama announces change to address health insurance cancellations
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Everything you need to know about the plans to ‘fix’ Obamacare
Everything you need to know about the plans to ‘fix’ Obamacare
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The Mahablog, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Full transcript: President Obama's Nov. 14 news conference on the Affordable Care Act
Full transcript: President Obama's Nov. 14 news conference on the Affordable Care Act
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National Review, Power Line, Hot Air, Mediaite, PostPartisan, Liberal Values, The Fix, Wonkblog and Weasel Zippers
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Why Dylan Davies Disappeared — The ex-contractor, a key source for last month's ‘60 Minutes’ report on Benghazi, has gone into hiding. British police are investigating allegations his family was threatened. — It is the kind of note a publisher dreads.
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KOMO News:
State rebuts Obama plan to allow old health insurance policies — By KOMO Staff & Associated Press Published: Nov 14, 2013 at 12:06 PM PST Last Updated: Nov 14, 2013 at 1:19 PM PST — SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state's insurance commissioner says President Barack Obama's proposal …
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Wonkblog, Hot Air, Hit & Run, Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Conservative Intelligence …, The PJ Tatler and National Review
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge — Well, here we are again—the Democrats are ‘in disarray,’ flailing on Obamacare. It's a potent story line, but this time Obama must crack the whip, stop the panicking, and make it work.
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's big Obamacare trap: Not as brilliant as they think!
GOP's big Obamacare trap: Not as brilliant as they think!
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The New Republic, Weekly Standard, The Plum Line, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Monthly and The Hill
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Republican Party Weighs a 2016 Shakeup With ‘Midwestern Primary’
Republican Party Weighs a 2016 Shakeup With ‘Midwestern Primary’
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David / Crooks and Liars:
Watch: Forum Audience Laughs at Ted Cruz for Claiming He 'Didn't Want a Shutdown' — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) faced howls of laughter from an audience in Washington, D.C. on Thursday when he claimed that he “didn't want a shutdown” over President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
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ThinkProgress:
House Speaker John Boehner: LGBT Employment Protections Are ‘Unnecessary’ — On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reiterated his opposition to allowing a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which the Senate passed last week. According to Boehner, the bill …
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ThinkProgress:
This Store Took Away Workers' Thanksgivings But Then Decided It Wasn't Worth It — While Walmart, Target, and other stores will open earlier than ever this Black Friday, opening the doors on Thanksgiving Day and giving workers little choice but to go without their holiday, a few have resisted.
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Michael Beckel / The Center for Public …:
Koch-backed nonprofit spent record cash in 2012 — Americans for Prosperity's expenditures last year exceeded all previous years' spending combined — Americans for Prosperity — the main political arm of billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch — spent a staggering $122 million …
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and Political MoneyLine Blog
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Americans' personal data shared with CIA, IRS, others in security probe — McClatchy Washington BureauNovember 14, 2013 Updated 48 minutes ago — Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print — WASHINGTON — U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands …
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Hit & Run, Liberaland and Firedoglake