Pro and con: Varying perspectives on the overhaul

While Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, detailed what he sees as flaws in the health overhaul, Obama administration advisor Nancy-Ann DeParle defended the measure.

NPR: Pawlenty Touts Minnesota's Lessons on Health Care
As he considers a run for the Republican presidential nomination, [Former Minn. Gov. Tim] Pawlenty uses examples from his home state to highlight what he sees as flaws in the Democrats' health care plan. ... As governor of Minnesota, Pawlenty backed a program that puts an emphasis on paying for efficient health care instead of rewarding health facilities that charge for what he calls 'endless volumes of procedures.' … The state plan works off the premise that health care providers should charge differently — that they should be paid one price for a basket of services (Inskeep 1/11).

San Francisco Chronicle: Obama Adviser Defends Health Plan At Biotech Event
President Obama's health care adviser told 8,000 attendees on the first day of a biotech conference in San Francisco that repealing the reform bill that Democrats rammed past Republicans last year would kill jobs and leave more Americans uninsured (Abate, 1/11).