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Headlines! Tuesday, August 25

Congressman Chris Van Hollen explores the GOPs history of attacking medicare as the drama at town halls across the country dies down.

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Headlines! Monday, August 24

What women can expect from health care reform and more in today's headlines...

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A personal touch to health reform

Lori Hitchcock stood in front of hundreds of people in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 11th to introduce the President of the United States before he spoke about the health reform proposals being debated in Congress.

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Headlines! Friday, August 21

President Obama continues to reassure the public that health reform will pass this year.

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Headlines! Thursday, August 20

Media Matters debunks health care falsehoods as President Obama looks to regain a positive message for reform.

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Headlines! Wednesday, August 19

Representatives take on town hall protestors as President Obama gears up to hold a live meeting with health care supporters.

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Let’s focus on the positive

Lately it's been hard not to get swept up in the town hall drama. It seems like every time you turn on the news you hear a small, yet very vocal, group of people parroting rumors intended to squash health reform. While it's important to do what we can to combat the lies and misinformation coming from the opposition, it's even more important to focus on the positive in health care reform... and there is plenty.

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Headlines! Monday, August 17

Barack Obama pushes health care reform at an event in Montana and an Op-Ed in the New York Times.

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Headlines! Friday, August 14

Media outlets are begining to de-bunk anti-reform myths while town hall events across the country remain contentious.

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Rising health pressures

Job losses continue to put millions of Americans in precarious health care situations, with many people losing coverage through their employers and then turning to a strained safety-net that can't absorb the impact of so many new people. The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report recently that profiles four communities and demonstrates how these economic tough times affect a growing number of Americans' health care.

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