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Mike Leavitt

Type: Person

Name: Mike Leavitt (Michael Leavitt, Michael O. Leavitt, Michael Okerlund Leavitt)

Title: Secretary of Health & Human Services

Organization: Government of the United States

Date of Birth: 11/02/1951

Place of Birth: Cedar City, Utah

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Michael Leavitt

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Weber State University

BRIEF: Kendell named interim SUU prez

(Standard-Examiner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX News Network) -- The State Board of Regents, meeting Friday at Weber State University, named Richard E. Kendell as interim president of Southern Utah University.Kendell is best known ... [Published PredictWallStreet - May 18 2013]

Entities: Michael Benson, Weber State University, Ogden High School (Utah), Southern Utah University, Mike Leavitt

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Utah Group Pushing For Changes To Caucus System

(KUTV) A group of influential Utahan’s is pushing to get rid of the states caucus system in favor of a primary election. State Republicans and Democrats don't agree. They want to keep the caucus system, but make some changes to improve it along the w ... [Published KUTV.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), General Election, Thomas Wright, Mike Leavitt

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Caucus system on the table at GOP convention

Utah Republicans will discuss the future of the caucus-convention system at their state convention on Saturday.The delegates for the dominant political party in the state are set to discuss many aspects of the caucus-convention system, but the main debate ... [Published Central Utah Daily Herald - May 18 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Fred Cox, Mike Leavitt, Hijacker, Elections

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

New poll shows GOP caucus attendees support changes to nomination system

Is this the end of reform for Utah's nomination process, or the beginning of a ballot proposal petition to achieve fundamental changes?Laura Seitz, Deseret NewsSummaryMore than three-quarters of the Republicans who attended their party's caucus meetings ... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Fred Cox, Utah Republican Party

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

David Vitter

EPA nomination stuck in partisan impasse

WASHINGTON -- Republicans on the gave no sign Tuesday that they were willing to deal on the stalled confirmation of Gina McCarthy, President Obama's nominee for EPA administrator.A committee vote had been scheduled last Thursday after hearings in which ... [Published Greenwich Time - May 15 2013]

Entities: David Vitter, Republican Party (US), Mike Leavitt, Barbara Boxer, Deadlock

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 8 reports

Republican Party (US)

Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats.Republicans on the Senate Environment ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 10 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), US Environmental Protection Agency, Barbara Boxer

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 4 reports

Mike Leavitt

Bending the Cost Curve in Healthcare the Right Way—Through Better, More Person-Centered Care

The United States spends about 17 percent of GDP annually on health care, a figure that is projected to grow substantially in the years ahead, despite the recent slowdown in health care spending growth. Rising costs mean insurance coverage keeps getting ... [Published Brookings Institution - May 09 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Reformism, Patient, Mike Leavitt

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Continued ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A consultant hired by Oklahoma to help create a plan for covering people without health insurance has delivered a draft report on its findings to state officials, but officials refuse to release the report.Oklahoma Health Care Authority ... [Published Enid News and Eagle - May 08 2013]

Entities: Mike Leavitt, Medicaid, Microsoft PowerPoint, Health Care

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Vitter's 653 questions for EPA pick

David Vitter seems to have set a new record.Sen. Vitter, a Louisiana Republican with close ties to the gas and oil industries, has already sent a whopping 653 questions to President Obama's nominee to take over the Environmental Protection Agency on a ... [Published Politico - May 08 2013]

Entities: US Environmental Protection Agency, David Vitter, Republican Party (US), Mike Leavitt, Lisa P Jackson

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Medicare Should Pay for Patients, Not Treatments

The recent deceleration in U.S. health-care costs appears to be at least partially structural, and not entirely due to a still-lackluster economy. That offers some hope that the slowdown will continue. Still, more needs to be done to encourage the tr ... [Published Bloomberg - May 01 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Comprehensive Care Corp, Peter R Orszag

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Democrats propose direct primary over caucus system

Utah Democrats are jumping into the discussion on if Utah should eliminate its unique process of selecting candidates for an election.On Monday the state Democratic Party announced that it will allow its state delegates to decide on whether the party ... [Published Central Utah Daily Herald - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Richard Davis, Mike Leavitt, Republican Party (US), Elections

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Opportunities for bending the cost curve

A new report from the Brookings Institution offers a framework for person-centered care that provides sustainable lowered costs and promotes higher quality care. The report, Person-Centered Health Care Reform: A Framework for Improving Care and Slowing ... [Published Healthcare Finance News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Mark McClellan, Mike Leavitt, Tom Daschle, Health Care, Brookings Institution

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Why Republicans Hate Obamacare [Published Lubbock Online - 8 hours ago]
GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system [Published Deseret Morning News - May 19 2013]
BRIEF: Kendell named interim SUU prez [Published PredictWallStreet - May 18 2013]
Utah Group Pushing For Changes To Caucus System [Published KUTV.com - May 18 2013]
Interim Southern Utah U. president named, publi... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 18 2013]
Caucus system on the table at GOP convention [Published Central Utah Daily Herald - May 18 2013]
Bringing Sunlight to Healthcare Pricing: The CM... [Published JD Supra - May 17 2013]
Richard E. Kendell appointed as interim preside... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 17 2013]
New poll shows GOP caucus attendees support cha... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 17 2013]
U.S. Senate panel advances EPA nominee [Published The Advocate - May 17 2013]
Wharton: Visiting Utah’s 470 dots on a map [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 16 2013]
Two-Decade-Old Harvard Health Data Confounds EP... [Published La Repubblica - May 16 2013]
Keep caucuses and conventions [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 16 2013]
EPA nomination stuck in partisan impasse [Published Greenwich Time - May 15 2013]
Ending Homelessness to End AIDS [Published The Body - May 15 2013]
The Gina McCarthy nomination: why do some poli... [Published Examiner.com - May 14 2013]
Morning Word: Mt. Taylor uranium mine process d... [Published Santa Fe Reporter - May 14 2013]
Challenge to caucus system to dominate state GO... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 12 2013]
Boxer to try again for EPA vote [Published Politico - May 11 2013]
Annual Reception [Published Friends of Cancer Research - May 11 2013]
Three New Health Reform Plans Ignore the Long-T... [Published Forbes.com - May 10 2013]
Vitter and GOP boycotts EPA chief confirmation ... [Published The Advocate - May 10 2013]
Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee [Published Los Angeles Times - May 10 2013]
Republicans boycott vote on EPA nominee [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]
Will Someone Slap Some Sense Into These Republi... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 09 2013]
EPW Committee Delays Gina McCarthy Nomination Vote [Published U.S. Senate Environment Committee - May 09 2013]
Republican boycott stalls vote on EPA nominee G... [Published Miami Herald - May 09 2013]
Republican boycott stalls vote on EPA nominee G... [Published Vida en el Valle - May 09 2013]
Bending the Cost Curve in Healthcare the Right ... [Published Brookings Institution - May 09 2013]
Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care the Right... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - May 09 2013]

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Will Someone Slap Some Sense Into These Republi... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 09 2013] Seriously, ALL THEY DO IS OBSTRUCT. It's gotten to the point where even your uninformed voters get the message: The Republicans are just plain batshit insane, and they just proved it again. They're destructive in the way only a spoiled two-year-old ...
Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care the Right... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - May 09 2013] The United States spends about 17 percent of GDP annually on health care, a figure that is projected to grow substantially in the years ahead, despite the recent slowdown in health care spending growth. Rising costs mean insurance coverage keeps getting ...
Bending the Cost Curve in Healthcare the Right ... [Published Brookings Topics - The Federal Budget and Seque ... - May 09 2013] The United States spends about 17 percent of GDP annually on health care, a figure that is projected to grow substantially in the years ahead, despite the recent slowdown in health care spending growth. Rising costs mean insurance coverage keeps getting ...
Bending the Cost Curve in Healthcare the Right ... [Published Brookings Up Front - May 09 2013] The United States spends about 17 percent of GDP annually on health care, a figure that is projected to grow substantially in the years ahead, despite the recent slowdown in health care spending growth. Rising costs mean insurance coverage keeps getting ...
Republican Senators Boycott Vote On Gina McCart... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013] Zero Republicans show up to vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to be EPA Administrator. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was scheduled to vote today at 9:15 on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to be the next EPA Administrator. Despite ...