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The Democratic Party of Denver's Health Care Action and Resource Center
Submitted by owen_perkins on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 2:23am
Health Care Action and Resource Center
A clearinghouse for information, events, and opportunities for action regarding health care reform.
Most Recent
FREE FORUM on the Colorado Health Insurance Benefit Exchange (COHBE)
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
140 Sheridan Blvd :: AFL-CIO Building
You are invited to a forum on the
Colorado Health Insurance Benefit Exchange (COHBE)
Thursday November 17th, 7:00 p.m.
140 Sheridan Blvd -- AFL-CIO Building
This is a free forum sponsored by the Democratic Party of Denver’s Public Policy Committee, Health Care Subcommittee.
Century Club Event: A Briefing on Health Care Reform
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
5858 S. Highline Circle, Greenwood Village 80121
Near Orchard and S. Steele St.
From the White House
Remarks by President Obama on the Passing of Health Care Reform, March 21, 2010
Submitted by owen_perkins on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 1:41pm
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON THE HOUSE VOTE ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
March 21, 2010
East Room
11:47 P.M. EDT
Remarks of President Obama to the House Democratic Caucus on the Eve of the Health Care Reform Vote, March 20, 2010
Submitted by owen_perkins on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:07pm"...this body has taken on some of the toughest votes and some of the toughest decisions in the history of Congress. Not because you were bound to win, but because you were bound to be true. Because each and every one of you made a decision that at a moment of such urgency, it was less important to measure what the polls said than to measure what was right....
"...I had a wonderful conversation with Betsy Markey. I don't know if Betsy is around here. There she is right there. (Applause.) Betsy is in a tough district. The biggest newspaper is somewhat conservative, as Betsy described. They weren’t real happy with health care reform. They were opposed to it. Betsy, despite the pressure, announced that she was in favor of this bill. And lo and behold, the next day that same newspaper runs an editorial saying, you know what, we’ve considered this, we’ve looked at the legislation, and we actually are pleased that Congresswoman Markey is supporting the legislation. (Applause.) ..."
President Obama's Remarks on Health Care Reform, Strongsville, Ohio, March 15, 2010
Submitted by owen_perkins on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 1:06pm
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center
Strongsville, Ohio
March 15, 2010
1:00 P.M. EDT
Statement of Administrative Policy on The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Submitted by owen_perkins on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 5:54pm)
Statement by President Obama on House Passage of Health Insurance Reform Legislation, 11.8.09
Submitted by owen_perkins on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 1:36pmNovember 8, 2009
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Three False Assumptions About the Health Bill
Submitted by owen_perkins on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 10:10pmThe Three Artificially Manufactured Assumptions Driving the Insurrance/Drug Industry's Health Bill
The Values Question in the Health Care Debate
Submitted by owen_perkins on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 4:24pmThe Values Question
America's Defining Choice
Submitted by owen_perkins on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 8:27pmWhat's the best way to spend $100 billion per year? Health reform or troops for Afghanistan? Simple, because lack of insurance kills far more Americans than the Taliban does. (New York Times, November 12, 2009)
Trading Women's Rights for Political Power
Submitted by owen_perkins on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 8:21pmBalancing Health Care Reform with Abortion Rights (New York Times, November 11, 2009)
Read it here.