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The following links relate to Barack Obama and his plans for health care.

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Contents 1 General 2 Attack on Paul Krugman 3 Abortion 4 External articles 4.1 2007 4.2 2008

General

• "Creating a Health Care System that Works," BarackObama.com.

Attack on Paul Krugman

• Paul Krugman, Opinion: "Mandates and Mudslinging," New York Times, November 29, 2007.
• Paul Krugman, "The Mandate Muddle," New York Times, December 7, 2007.
• "Krugman destroys Obama's 'universal' plan, again," The Daily Kos, December 7, 2007.
• Fact Check: "Krugman Didn't Always Think So Poorly Of Obama's Plan," BarackObama.com, December 7, 2007.
• Ezra Klein, "Obama v. Krugman," EzraKlein.com, December 7, 2007.
• Jerome Armstrong, "Obama attacking Paul Krugman's credibility," MyDD, December 7, 2007.
• Mark Thoma, "Obama Goes after Krugman," Economist's View, December 7, 2007.
• Jonathan Stein, "Obama's Health Care Problem: Why It Has Become the Biggest Mistake of His Campaign," MoJoBlog/MotherJones, December 7, 2007.
• Taylor Marsh, "Obama Attacks Krugman But Forgets the Facts," TaylorMarsh.com, December 7, 2007.
• Matt Stoller, "Obama's Attack on Krugman," Open Left, December 7, 2007.
• souvarine, "Obama attacks... Krugman?" MyDD, December 7, 2007.
• Paul Krugman, "Oy, Obama," New York Times Blogs, December 7, 2007.
• Jerome Armstrong, "Krugman responds to Obama," MyDD, December 8, 2007.
• Jeralyn Merritt, "Krugman, Obama and Democratic Values," Talk Left, December 8, 2007.
• thirdestate, "Obama and the Media Primary," MyDD, December 8, 2007.
• eriposte, "Krugman v. Obama: 3-0," The Left Coaster, December 8, 2007.
• Paul Krugman, Opinion: "Big Table Fantasies," New York Times, December 17, 2007.
• Matthew Yglesias, "Payback," The Atlantic, December 17, 2007.
• Paul Krugman, "Interesting Obama history," The Conscience of a Liberal Blog/New York Times, December 19, 2007.
• Greg Sargent, "In An Interview With TPM, Krugman Ramps Up Case Against Obama," TPMElectionCentral, December 19, 2007.

Abortion

• Taylor Marsh, "Decoding Obama," TaylorMarsh.com, December 4, 2007.
• Jerome Armstrong, "NOW & Obama's 'present' abortion votes," MyDD, December 5, 2007.
• "Fact Check: The South Dakota Abortion Initiative," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, December 6, 2007.
• Video: Alan Keyes on Hannity & Colmes: Obama "present" vote on live-birth abortion (infanticide), TaylorMarsh.com, December 18, 2007.
• Susan UnPC and Larry C. Johnson, "On 'Live Birth Abortion' The Candidates Differ," Atlantic Free Press, December 19, 2007.

External articles

2007

• "Obama promises universal health care by end of first term," Associated Press (Chicago Sun-Times), May 14, 2007.
• Ben Smith, "More on Obamacare," The Politico, May 29, 2007.
• "Obama's Health-Care Plan Draws Jabs From Contenders. A Universal Health-Care Plan Is Becoming a Must-Have for Democratic Candidates," ABC News, May 30, 2007.
• Mike Allen, "Politico Playbook: The 'U' word," The Politico, May 30, 2007.
• Scott Helman, "In Illinois, Obama dealt with lobbyists. But as candidate, he faults Clinton for ties," Boston Globe, September 23, 2007.
• "Sen. Obama's Health Care Plan Would Leave At Least 15 Million Uninsured," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 15, 2007.
• "Sen. Obama Falsely Claims He Has 'Basically the Same' Health Care Plan as Hillary; Actually Leaves 15 Million Uninsured," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 19, 2007.
• Berkeley Vox, "Obama Contradicts Self, Again, re: Health Care," The Daily Kos, November 21, 2007.
• "Sen. Obama First Claims His Health Care Plan Covers All, Then Admits It Doesn't," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 21, 2007.
• "Hillary's Health Care Plan Cuts Costs As Aggressively As Sen. Obama's Plan; Doesn't Leave 15 Million Uninsured"; "Sen. Obama's Shifting Positions On Health Care For All"; and "Fact Check: Sen. Obama's Plan Has Mandate, But Only For Kids," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 25, 2007.
• "Experts: Without Mandate, No Universal Health Care," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 26, 2007.
• Ezra Klein, "Obama's Excuse," EzraKlein.com, November 26, 2007.
• John McCormick, "Clinton hits Obama on health care," Chicago Tribune, November 28, 2007.
• Jennifer Jacobs and Jason Clayworth, "Clinton: Obama's health plan 'flunks'," Des Moines Register, November 28, 2007.
• David Espo, "Clinton Says Obama Weak on Health Care," Associated Press (Washington Post), November 28, 2007.
• Marc Ambinder, "Atlantic Umpire: Did HRC Oppose A Mandate In The 90s?" The Atlantic, November 28, 2007.
• "Recap: Health Care for All v. 15 Million Uninsured," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 28, 2007.
• "Bad Oppo Alert! – Hillary Has Always Supported An Individual Mandate," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, November 28, 2007.
• "Setting the Record Straight AGAIN (UHC & Mandates)," Hillary's Bloggers, November 28, 2007.
• Aaron Burns, "Hillary Hits Obama on Health Care," Fox News, November 29, 2007.
• Mark Silva, "Universal health care: Universal disagreement," The Swamp Blog/Baltimore Sun, November 30, 2007.
• Ben Smith, "Pushing health care contrast, Clinton wants Obama ad down," The Politico, November 30, 2007.
• "Axelrod Misrepresents Washington Post Quote to Falsely Claim that Obama's Health Care Plan Covers Every American," The Fact Hub/Hillary Hub, December 2, 2007.
• Jonathan Cohn, "So, About That 15 Million Figure You've Been Hearing...," The Plank Blog/The New Republic, December 3, 2007.
• Steve Soto, "Going For The Trifecta In Iowa," The Left Coaster, December 3, 2007.
• eriposte, "A Short History of Recent U.S. Presidential Politics - Part 7: Campaign By The Textbook That Robert Reich Hasn't Read," The Left Coaster, December 4, 2007.
• Gene Sperling, "Correcting the Record on Robert Reich's Statement about Hillary Clinton's Economic Policies," The Huffington Post, December 6, 2007.
• Paul Street, "Barack Obama and The Audacity of Deception. Reflections on the Manufacture of Progressive Illusion," ZNet, December 6, 2007.
• "Obama Won't Be There When We Need Him," HillaryIs44.org, December 7, 2007.
• eRiposte, "Happy Holidays from Harry and Louise!" The Left Coaster, December 27, 2007.
• Howard Kurtz, "Ad Watch: Incomplete Picture in New Obama Health Care Ad," The Trail Blog/Washington Post, December 28, 2007.

2008

• Terence P. Jeffrey, "Obama Is the Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Ever," CNSNews.com, January 9, 2008.