{"id":23,"date":"2009-12-27T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/health-care-reform-now-awaits-reconciliation.html"},"modified":"2009-12-27T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T08:10:00","slug":"health-care-reform-now-awaits-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/health-care-reform-now-awaits-reconciliation.html","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform Now Awaits Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"The New York Times is the world&#8217;s best newspaper.  I learned that in Journalism school almost 40 years ago.  It is still true today.  Like all newspapers, it is at risk of failure because of the revolutionary shift in advertising revenues caused by the rise in the internet.  I never subscribed to the New York Times, because I was a Midwesterner and it just didn&#8217;t seem practical. Well the NY Times is now part of my daily reading, because they have perhaps the best online newspaper:  <a href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.com\">http:\/\/nytimes.com<\/a>.  I sure hopes the webpage helps the newspaper survive.<br \/><br \/>I was newly impressed with the NY Times this morning when I read their analysis of the two health care proposals in our Congress, the House version and the Senate version.  I think it is a must read for anyone concerned about the health care debate, or about the health of brain injured people.  That article is here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/22\/health\/policy\/22health.html?hp\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/22\/health\/policy\/22health.html?hp<\/a>  If you are required to register to get to this page, by all means, register.  In fact, make the http:\/\/nytimes.com your home page, I did.  <br \/><br \/>This article has the most comprehensive explanation of the two bills in Congress and a simple and reasoned explanation of which aspects of each bill should be retained. We hope that our Senators are capable of seeing the big picture and allowing small compromises to get this historic legislation passed.  We hope our progressive colleagues in the House don&#8217;t blow up the coalition on Health Care Reform over a liberal agenda that can wait for another day.<br \/><br \/>Read the details.  This comes under the category of things you need to know as a citizen.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times is the world&#8217;s best newspaper. I learned that in Journalism school almost 40 years ago. It is still true today. Like all newspapers, it is at risk of failure because of the revolutionary shift in advertising revenues caused by the rise in the internet. 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