- Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:30
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Health Care Fails Small Businesses The Boston Globe The Commonwealth's 2006 health care reform was supposed to help address rising health insurance costs for small businesses. It hasn't — and small businesses are paying the price (Jim Stergios and Amy Lischko, 5/12).
Obamacare Not Like McCain's Plan Politico But after a ...
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- Monday, March 22, 2010, 23:00
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- Saturday, March 20, 2010, 4:46
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Listed below are story ideas from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a partial focus on the upcoming NCAA basketball tournaments. NCAA Basketabll Tournament Coaches, Referees, Players And Fans: It's Your Voice! From the first tip-off of March Madness to the championship's final buzzer, thousands of people will relentlessly scream and shout, placing tremendous strain on the voice. While no ...
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- Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 19:36
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Lots of health headlines this morning, most surrounding the Democratic overhaul efforts. Meanwhile, the Senate figured out a way to avoid crimping Medicare payments to doctors.
President Obama kicked things off yesterday by saying he was open to a few cost-saving ideas that Republicans highlighted at last week’s bipartisan health summit. In
a letter to congressional leaders, Obama proposed adding ...
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- Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 19:35
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With President Barack Obama's release today of his latest health reform plan, he hopes to propel the dialogue forward as he also signals willingness to incorporate GOP ideas into his proposal.
The Washington Post: The president "plans to call on Congress to bring the year-long debate to a swift close, and congressional leaders expect him to signal support for a strategy that includes a special budget maneuver known ...
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- Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 18:37
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Various personalities are weighing in on health legislation. CNBC interviewed billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who "called the nation's health care spending 'untenable,' comparing 'out of control' costs to a 'tapeworm eating at our economic body.' While he would support the current Senate health care reform bill if pressed, Buffett says he would prefer a ...
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- Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 0:04
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ABC News Political Punch: In a letter to Congressional leaders President Obama signaled Tuesday afternoon he is "open to several provisions raised by GOP lawmakers during last week's bipartisan health care reform summit, including medical malpractice reform, combating fraud," and the removal of a provisions that would have allowed the federal government to pay for Nebraska's Medicaid expansion ...
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- Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 19:49
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Various personalities are weighing in on health legislation.
CNBC interviewed billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who "called the nation's health care spending 'untenable,' comparing 'out of control' costs to a 'tapeworm eating at our economic body.' While he would support the current Senate health care reform bill if pressed, Buffett says he would prefer a 'Plan ...
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- Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 17:45
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Hoosiers and Health Savings Accounts The Wall Street Journal It turns out that, when someone is spending his own money alone for routine expenses, he is far more likely to ask the questions he would ask if purchasing any other good or service: "Is there a generic version of that drug?" (Gov. Mitch Daniels, 3/1). ...
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- Monday, February 15, 2010, 22:01
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While health reform legislation was eclipsed recently by the jobs bill and the war in Afghanistan on the Sunday morning news shows, Democrats and Republicans still found time to disagree. The
Associated Press reports that Vice President Joseph Biden on NBC’s "Meet the Press" said that "the White House is ready and willing to listen to health care ideas from Republicans," at the Feb. 25 health care ...
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