by Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eked out 60 votes on a procedural motion to start the health care debate Saturday night - so there's no guarantee he can pass a bill on the merits. And if he struggles, the reasons will be clear: deep divides among Democrats on a public insurance plan, abortion, tax hikes and cost-cutting. Liberals want the plan to be ...

by Carrie Budoff Brown As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) aims this week to secure the votes of moderate Democrats on health care reform, a group of liberal senators Monday warned him not to abandon the public insurance option. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who requested the meeting with Reid, said progressives believe they have compromised enough on the public option - from a Medicare ...

Palin reenters the political stage with 60 percent of Americans saying she's not qualified to be president, per the new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Australian Broadcasting Corporation - United States - Government - Executive Branch - Society and Culture

After all the controversy over the public option, people might think that everyone can sign up right away if Congress passes health reform.

President Obama's most important work is staying behind while he's in Asia over the next week. Afghanistan - Democratic - Health care - Asia - United States

Barack Obama ran for president on a promise of saving the typical family $2,500 a year in lower health care premiums.

The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. "Who Subsidizes Abortion," Eyal Press, The Nation's "The Notion": Press writes that even "if the social consequences" of the antiabortion amendment by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) are "clear, the logic is not.

The bleeding now, over abortion rights, adds to the long list of complications for Democrats who are balancing tricky math on the Hill.

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Democratic leaders trying to preserve a high-stakes Saturday vote on a House health reform bill battled a swift current of rank-and-file defections Friday as the White House swung into action to help corral the final votes.