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As for that fiscal stimulus legislation, ABC looked at process while NBC's In Depth looked at substance. Robert Bazell walked us through the new federal spending on healthcare: $87bn to fund state Medicaid programs; $36bn to help physicians convert their written records into electronic files; and nine months of federal copayments to help laid off workers pay for continued health insurance with their former employer's plan.
ABC's George Stephanopoulos walked us through a montage of behind-the-scenes White House photographs depicting Barack Obama lobbying lawmakers for his $787bn legislation: "The White House believes that they turned the corner on getting support for this package as the President went on the road." NBC's Chuck Todd heard the same analysis from Obama's unidentified aides. Their tactics will now involve "hitting the road in an attempt to avoid that Washington chattering class…Campaign-style events on the road have actually been very helpful to the President, reenergized him. Frankly it has been a way to get away from the Washington echo chamber, which, they feel, has in some ways bogged their own staff down and almost distracted them."
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