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Learn more about what killed Elizabeth Taylor and the first anniversary of health reform in today's Daily Briefing.
As health reform turns one year old today, we offer some perspective, reporting resources and story ideas for reporting on reform's second year and beyond.
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President Obama’s support for a bill that would let states opt out of national health reform mandates early to come up with their own plans has been described variously as “a bomb,” a “major concession” to reform’s critics, or “calling the Republicans’ bluff.”
But is it any single one of these things? Not so much. Here’s some context and a look at some analysis of Obama’s highly-publicized support for the Wyden-Brown state waiver bill, which he announced to the nation’s state governors on Monday.
