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And the Rest Is Just Noise

15 hours ago ago from newsandwx.com

Why the health care bill is the greatest social achievement of our time. Jonathan Chait American liberals have a habit of withdrawing into cynicism and ennui at the most inopportune moments. The 2000 presidential election, and subsequent recount, was one such moment. The most die-hard reaches of the left, deeming the Democratic Party hopelessly corrupt, rallied to Ralph Nader’s fulsome populist denunciation of Al Gore’s subservience ...

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American Health Care

23 hours ago ago from David Housholder's Journal, Live from Robinwood Church

Want to get a broad ranging discussion going. In the wee hours of the morning I got a tweet from the President indicating that the Senate had just passed comprehensive health care reform. I have more questions than answers. What are your thoughts? All opinions welcome. My questions and comments: 1) Is America too big for a national plan? Is the reason it works in Europe and elsewhere that those countries are smaller? ...

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2009 U.S. Health Care Reform Bill: A First Step

20 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks

As expected, the U.S. Senate passed the 2009 health care reform bill Thursday along party lines, 60-39. All 58 Democrats and two Independents voted for it; 39 Republicans voted against it. U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, did not vote. The health care overhaul bill is the most important social policy change in the United States since the establishment of Medicare in 1965, and it ranks third behind that act, and the creation of Social ...

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Obamas health care plan will end your “lounging the buffets”

16 hours ago ago from USWGO Alternative News

Buffet Picture I found to symbolize that Health care rationing may ban certain people from buffets which is exactly like during the segregation when people were kicked out of places because of their color of skin now Obamas plan may bring fourth a system that may keep people from buffets because they are disabled which is discrimination and exactly what the segregation was about keeping out people who were diabled, a certain skin color, or ...

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Unpopular President Welcomes Government Takeover of Health Care Industry (Video)

22 hours ago ago from Global Anti-Semitism and Racism News

Unpopular President Obama celebrated the historic passage of his nationalized health care bill. He bashed private industry during his announcement welcoming the passage of the disastrous bill. He also misrepresented the supposed savings from this government takeover of the private sector. President Barack Obama says Congress is now incredibly close to making health insurance reform a reality in this country. He says lawmakers must now ...

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Michigan lawmakers react to health care bill | detnews.com | The Detroit News

17 hours ago ago from Detroit News

Archive: Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Today Last Updated: December 24. 2009 3:10PM Michigan lawmakers react to health care bill Associated Press Washington -- Reaction from Michigan lawmakers to the health care overhaul legislation ...

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Peter Dreier: Pass the Health Care Bill

10 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

There are many lessons to learn from the health care war that has raged over the past year. We'll get to some of them below. But here's the bottom line: Pass the bill, then improve it. The health care bill that will emerge from the House-Senate conference committee won't be what most progressives had hoped for, but it is a major, historic turning point in American social reform legislation, comparable to the Social Security Act, the ...

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As Health Bill Advances, Few Changes Seen for Millions

10 hours ago ago from The New York Times

Now that the Senate has caught up with the House by passing a sweeping health care bill, lawmakers are on the verge of extending coverage to the tens of millions of Americans who have no health insurance . Health Care Conversations Share your thoughts about the health care debate. Top Discussions: The Public Option | Medicare and the Elderly | The Senate Bill Health Care Reform Recent developments on the ...

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Big Business Wastes No Time in Blasting Senate Health Bill - Washington Wire - WSJ

19 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By John Bussey The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was firing off its big guns barely seconds after the Senate passed health care overhaul legislation early this morning. The big business federation has made its position clear for some time: It says it doesn't like the costs, the taxes, and the uncertainty the bill creates for corporate balance sheets. Here's the broadside the Chamber launched as the tally came in, quoting Bruce Josten , executive ...

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