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"After more than six hours of extraordinary debate on Thursday over health care policy, President Obama had not won over any of the Republicans, and he seemed to end the day largely where he started, with little choice but to try to rally his Democrats to act on their own."

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Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown offers an intriguing perspective on Obama's new plan. Follow the link to read her article.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33275.html

SHOUTAmerica's own Brent Parton will be on the air tonight at 6pm(EST) or 5pm(CT) to discuss President Obama's new healthcare reform proposal with AM WWRL of New York . Follow the link to stream live audio.

In recent weeks with the inability to secure 60 votes in the Senate, President Obama's attempt to pass healthcare reform legislation seemed over.  However, just this morning The President and his senior advisors decided to make another attempt to pass reform by releasing a new proposal by the Obama Administration. 

Below is the proposal as released by the White House.

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Just when healthcare passage seemed to be on its way, the Massachusetts special election entered the picture; leaving President Obama with many questions regarding the future of the bill. 

As an initial move to help re-energize healthcare discussions after the Democrat’s loss of the Senate majority, Obama has encouraged leaders from both parties to meet on February 25th for a televised open forum. 

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"No decisions have been made, lawmakers said, but they laid out a new approach that could still include these provisions: limiting the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage to people with medical problems, allowing young adults to stay on their parents' policies, helping small businesses and low-income people pay premiums and changing Medicare to encourage payment for quality care instead of sheer volume of services."

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Scott Brown wins Senate seat in Massachusetts.  Healthcare reform now faces large obstacles.  More to follow..... In the meantime, check out our previous posts about procedural options in Congress.

This is the second of two articles from Keith Hennessey, President Bush's Former National Economic Advisor, that we are posting on how the Massachusetts special election interacts with health care reform:

•Part 1: What happens to health care legislation if Scott Brown wins Massachusetts?
•Part 2: Procedural options for health care after a Brown victory

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This is the first of two articles from Keith Hennessey, President Bush's Former National Economic Advisor, that we will post on how the Massachusetts special election interacts with health care reform:

•Part 1: What happens to health care legislation if Scott Brown wins Massachusetts?
•Part 2: Procedural options for health care after a Brown victory

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The Massachusetts Senate race has three potential effects on health care reform:

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