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Healthcare Reform: Not Dead, Just Resting

With a Republican Senate win tipping the Congressional balance away from the Democrats (see "Legislative Roundup"), healthcare reform has officially been relegated to the back burner.

By Laura Mazzuca Toops, Broker Editor | Updated on February 28, 2010

With a Republican Senate win tipping the Congressional balance away from the Democrats (see “Legislative Roundup”), healthcare reform has officially been relegated to the back burner. In his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama reprioritized his goals, shifting his focus from healthcare to jobs creation (it’s about time–but that’s just MHO).

This isn’t to say that healthcare won’t rise again. It’s still a strong mandate for the president, and with all of the political currency already invested in either promoting or fighting it, it’s unlikely to go away. In the meantime, however, the rest of us are stuck under the cloud of a potential game changer without knowing the new rules of the game.

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