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Health Care Reform inches forward
22 hours ago ago from Phil's Insurance
December 22,2009 After some 60+ years of effort and one year of intense debate we are finally within reach of a move in the right direction toward affordable health care in our divisive,multi-ethnic,wonderfully co-mingled nation. In the end the one remaining sticking point seems to be how we deal with abortion. Whatever your personal thoughts on the subject. Even a cursory review of history reveals that no matter how hard we continue to ...
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16 hours ago ago from Unreined
What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality? -- Zapp Brannigan If the Obama administration was a color, it would be gray. Far from the socialist revolution feared by the right and still pathetically whined about by the TEAbagging crowd, and far from a paragon of strong liberal policies effectively executed, Obama is no longer the enigma that worried many voters in 2008. We ...
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12 hours ago ago from TBT: The Magazine
One of the reasons that the economy tanked last year was because of the fact that health care had become almost unaffordable. Prices for health care were steadily on the rise, while the people's incomes stayed the same. More often than not members of the middle class were simply ignoring the calls of the insurance people. Those who answered the calls and agreed to pay the expensive health care insurance were losing everything else. ...
Related contentThe Obama Administration Backing Down On The Public Option Health Insurance
11 hours ago ago from Public Health Insurance Option
Most of the White house aides to President Obama is downplaying the public option and their leader is no longer demanding a government run health care system. With all the opposition form the Senate from both the Republican and the Democrats, it seems that Obama has mellowed down and will not like to see a government run health care system. These war of words from the within the democratic party has echoed through the halls of power! ...
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21 hours ago ago from iObama.net
Times Online Obama health care reform plan is un-American Baltimore Sun President Barack Obama and his administration have urged Congress to pass health care reform before the end of this calendar year. Obama signs $636.3 billion defense-spending bill Seattle Times Is Obama's promise of 'real change' in trouble? San Francisco Chronicle Obama , Dems on track for pre-Christmas health bill The Associated Press ABC News ...
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Americans' Views Of Health Care Steady This Year : NPR
21 hours ago ago from NPR
Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Americans' Views Of Health Care Steady This Year by The Associated Press text size A A A WASHINGTON December 22, 2009, 04:03 am ET The public's views on ...
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9 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
After all the fanfare and high expectations that accompanied the prospect of national health care reform at the outset of this year, the legislation is staggering to a particularly inglorious end. At its heart, the single biggest weakness of the bill rapidly advancing in the Senate, which mirrors the central flaw of the House bill as well, is that it "cedes far too much power to the tyranny of a callous insurance industry," as Karen ...
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15 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Remember the late George Carlin's routine where the "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" reports that radar pinpoints a line of thundershowers? He goes on to say that radar also shows Russian missiles heading our way "So don't sweat the thundershowers". This is similar. There are urgent predictions that unless there is meaningful health care reform, the nation will soon face a medical emergency. But there are also dire warnings that doing ...
Related contentLincoln Mitchell: Improving the Health Care Bill After It Passes Will Not Be Easy
3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
There is been so many distractions around the health care bill this year, that it is hard to evaluate it on its merits. Health care reform has been something of a holy grail for progressives for more than half a century, so the debate was not likely to be simple or unemotional, but the last few months have exceeded even these expectations. Opponents of health care reform launched protest movements which warned of death panels, raised the ...
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10 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Congratulations to Senator Ben Nelson and Congressman Bart Stupak. They've made their point. Very effectively. They, and other legislators, have utilized health care reform legislation as a vehicle to advance other issues. They have sent very clear messages to their constituencies that they will advocate for them whenever and however they find an opportunity to do so. But, now that they've done so, it is time to get back to the business of ...
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