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Thu, Sep 10 2009 1:31 AM EST
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You have to love the blogosphere and twittersphere in the wake of a national event. While this blog focuses on the IT enablement portion of healthcare transformation, the backdrop of the political debate on healthcare reform can't be completely ignored. Below is an initial round-up of links featuring the speech and reactions from industry leaders and media.
The Speech
Text of the speech
CBS News video of the speech
Analysis & Response
AMA Reaction to President Obama's Address on Health System Reform. Statement from J. James Rohack, MD, President, American Medical Association.
New York Times Roundable: Reactions to the Speech, including Paul Levy of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Len M. Nichols of The New America Foundation, Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Helen Darling of National Business Group on Health, Elizabeth McGlynn of RAND Corp., Karen Davis of The Commonwealth Fund.
Fox News Analysis. FOX Forum offered readers live analysis of President Obama's prime time address to a Joint Session of Congress. We get reaction to the president's speech on health care reform from FOX Forum contributors Andrea Tantaros, Phil Kerpen, Peter Roff, Ellen Ratner and James P. Pinkerton. And, after the speech the same group of contributors offered analysis of the Republican response.
Washington Post. First thoughts on the Obama health care address by political blogger Chris Cillizza.
Bloomberg.com. Republican reaction to the President's speech: urge Obama to "start over."
USA Today. Obama's healthcare address: a closer look look at what he said. A fact checked look at the speech.
ABC News. George Stephanopoulos' take on Obama's speech.
CBS News. Obama speech analysis. Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer and Chip Reid analyze President Obama's health care reform address to Congress.
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