NPR (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul the nation's health care system Saturday night. The vote was close, 220-215, and it only included a single Republican. To pass the bill, Democrats also had to allow a controversial amendment banning abortion funding in both public and private plans in the new marketplaces the bill would create. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, passage...
FRC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Democrats are going out of their way to argue that the Stupak-Pitts amendment prohibiting federal funding of abortion is an effort to enact new restrictions on abortion itself. Julie Rovner of NPR, a journalist no less, argued today that the pro-life Members of Congress seeking to prevent Uncle Sam from paying for abortions are [...]
Reflections on Faith and Culture (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... the reliably left-wing National Public Radio (NPR) confirmed federal funding of abortion for us. Julie Rovner explained that the reason the abortion issue has loomed so large in this year's health care debate is that "this time they're playing for keeps." All other abortion funding restrictions are annual amendments, Rovner pointed out on "Weekend Edition,"...
Verum Serum (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... flatly denied this is the case saying it’s all about “choice and competition”. I also singled out Julie Rovner from NPR as an example of a media health policy expert who has failed to fully (and fairly) report on the public option. Including the fact that many of its original (and current) proponents believe it could ultimately lead to a single payer system. Instead, Rovner...
Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... If you are going to fire a shot like this, you fire a good shot.” NPR's health care reporter, Julie Rovner , said this morning that there is now an "air of inevitability" on Capital Hill about the passage of health care reform. Elsewhere, Politico describes a growing split in the Democratic party between those who embrace the old ways and new progressives who are insisting on a more...
PBS (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote Tuesday on a legislative proposal to overhaul health care. NPR's Julie Rovner and Congress watcher Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discuss the prospects.
