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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyPut "change" and "death" in the same conversation with "health care reform," and you've got a powder keg ready to explode. And no surprise, it has -- with many Americans now genuinely worried that the Democrats' health care reform bill will get cost savings from seniors by rationing their care or euthanizing them. In addition to a broader debate about whether a reformed health care system would expand or reduce Americans' access to care, the crux of the euthanasia controversy centers on a five-page amendment in the 1,000-plus page bill that discusses "advance care planning consultation." ...
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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead health care negotiator for the conservative Blue Dog Democrats, announced Wednesday that five moderate Democratic members of a key committee have struck a deal on health care reform with Democratic leaders. The Blue Dogs had been threatening to derail the bill without concessions from party leaders on the cost and size of the measure. Earlier this week, Ross and his group of Blue Dogs gave a list of 10 items to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), that they wanted to see changed in the existing House ...
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