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Decision 08: Health Care Issues

Clinton Pledges 'Full Support" for Obama
June 10, 2008 6:15 PM by Frank Irving
In a speech in Washington June 7, Hillary Clinton announced the suspension of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and congratulated Barack Obama on his hard-fought victory. "I endorse him, and throw my full support behind him," Clinton Read More...
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Humor at the Cabinet Level
May 21, 2008 8:05 AM by Frank Irving
HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt prefaced his keynote address at the 2008 World Health Care Congress in Washington last month with an amusing anecdote. Click the video player below to watch him recap a “Centenarian Day” encounter during his governorship Read More...
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McCain Plan Deemed 'Most Feasible'
May 9, 2008 3:32 PM by Frank Irving
According to those who responded to ADVANCE 's most recent Opinion Poll, posted April 28 through May 9, John McCain's health plan presents the most feasible solution among the proposals espoused by three main candidates for president. As of this posting, Read More...
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Video Clips from Each Camp
May 7, 2008 7:30 PM by Frank Irving
Advisors to the Obama, McCain and Clinton campaigns participated in a panel discussion titled "The Presidential Health Care Agenda" at the World Health Care Congress April 21 in Washington. ADVANCE attended the session and captured video highlights from Read More...
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Clinton Describes Cancer Research Plan
April 7, 2008 2:22 PM by Frank Irving
During a discussion with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres scheduled to air today, Hillary Clinton described a plan under which the government would provide $300 million per year in increased funding for breast cancer research. An Associated Press (AP) article Read More...
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Democrats Lead in 'Trust Factor' on Health Care
April 3, 2008 3:55 PM by Frank Irving
When it comes to health care, Democrats are trusted more than Republicans by a margin of 50 percent to 35 percent. That's according to research firm Rasmussen Reports. Each month, Rasmussen Reports' tracking poll on issues asks likely voters to rank the Read More...
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Candidates Could Tap Strong Support by Differentiating HIT Plans
March 17, 2008 11:55 AM by Frank Irving
Would you be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate if he or she vowed support for creation of a nationwide health information network (NHIN)? If you answered yes, you're among a strong coalition, according to survey results released Feb. 19 Read More...
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Expect More Health Care Talk from McCain
March 6, 2008 7:36 PM by Frank Irving
John McCain's purposeful march through primary season culminated with this week's victories in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont. With double-digit victories in each of those states, he racked up 230 pledged delegates, pushing his total to 1,207 and Read More...
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Poll of HIMSS08 Attendees Shows Clinton Dichotomy
March 4, 2008 6:51 PM by Frank Irving
Before the polls closed on March 4 -- primary day in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont -- this item hit my incoming e-mail bin... According to over 600 health care executives polled at HIMSS08 last week in Orlando, Hillary Clinton is the presidential Read More...
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Hillary Leads Health Care Poll
February 4, 2008 2:03 PM by Frank Irving
Hillary Clinton has jumped out to an early lead in our latest online opinion poll. We're asking, "Based on domestic health care policy, which of the following is the strongest candidate for president?" Here are the most recent results, as of Feb. 4 -- Read More...
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Iowa Winners on Health Care
January 4, 2008 3:45 PM by Frank Irving
Only time will tell whether wins in the Iowa caucus and straw vote will translate into sustainable momentum for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee. After all, attention has already shifted toward next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary and Read More...
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Republican Spot Poll Results
November 30, 2007 10:45 AM by Frank Irving
During a four-week period from the beginning through the end of November, the Opinion Poll area on ADVANCE 's Web site's main page asked: Among the following Republican candidates for president in 2008, who has the most promising plan for improving the Read More...
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Whose Position is it?
November 27, 2007 7:15 PM by Frank Irving
A Democratic presidential candidate proposes the following three measures to improve adoption of electronic medical record systems, according to his/her official Web site: 1) Invest at least $1 billion per year in moving to electronic health record systems. Read More...
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