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N.C. congressional delegation divided in health care debate

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:25:37 GMT

Party lines are drawn for battle in Washington over what looks to be a long siege about health care reform.

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:29:11 GMT

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Sunday's Breakfast Menu, July 5

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:21:57 GMT

In addition, guests will be analyzing the health care proposals moving through Congress and the week's international headlines - North Korea's decision to launch a barrage of missiles, defying a United Nations resolution and the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities.

Pound for pound, it's a bad idea

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:28:27 GMT

Routinely, we hear about the obesity problem in America. Much commentary has been offered on the subject, but today I received a suggestion from the Heartland Institute which was a new twist.

Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:21:15 GMT

BMI = weight in pounds/ x 703 The 703 is to convert the index from the original metric version of the formula.

A Remedy for Every Wrong? Why We Need a Consistent Privacy Act

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:26:40 GMT

The Privacy Act of 1974 - the law designed to protect your rights as the government collects, uses, and shares your data - fails to consistently protect of citizens' privacy because circuit courts disagree on how to interpret its language.

60 Votes Not So Super for Obama, Senate Democrats

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:43 GMT

Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support.

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13:07 GMT

There is a much better fix for health care for taxpayers, patients, businesses, and our national economy.

Was War the Plan from the Beginning???

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:11:05 GMT

July 04, 2009 - Comments From the outset, any competent Fool couldA haveA realized that our nation's primary problem is simply has too much debt.A Public and private debt exceeds $30 Trillion and is consuming almost $2 Trillion dollars per year in interest.A This debt includes residential and commercial mortgages, home equity loans, credit card and ...

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:33:37 GMT

It's going to be a hot one this weekend. If your plans are going to take you outside, make sure you bring plenty of water to drink.

Medicare?s Mixed Legacy - New York Times

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:05:00 GMT

The question will be debated fiercely in coming months as President Obama and some Democratic lawmakers push for the creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurance companies for the business of nearly 50 million people who are ...

N.C. congressional delegation divided in health care debate - Times-News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Party lines are drawn for battle in Washington over what looks to be a long siege about health care reform. But the one thing Alamance County-area members of Congress can agree on is that something has to be done. "The current health care system is ...

Supply of Additional Private Services on the Rise - Med India

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:56:00 GMT

Susanne Richter et al. of the Department of Social Medicine, L?beck University have documented that panel physicians are increasingly offering individual health services (IHS) to patients with statutory health insurance. The details appear in the ...

Health reform

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:42:05 GMT

President Barack Obama has pledged to reform health care this year to make quality care available for all.

Health care reform made simpler - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:02:00 GMT

We understand that health care reform is now our top legislative priority. Among the many proposals under consideration, the centerpiece is creation of a new public health insurance program aimed at the 50 million Americans without coverage. While ...

Ken Horn to Washington: Live by your own health care reform - Grand Rapids Press

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:54:00 GMT

State Rep. Kenneth B. Horn says members of Congress should take their own medicine on health care reform. Horn, a Frankenmuth Republican, has introduced a resolution in the state House that calls on his U.S. representative counterparts to live with ...

Oregon Legislature approves last-minute pork

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:45:23 GMT

The scene: A crowded committee room in the state Capitol as the final hours of the 2009 legislative session tick away.

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay - The Guardian

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:33:00 GMT

Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) ??? First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be ...

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay - The Guardian

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:33:00 GMT

For July 4, Fix the Jefferson Memorial

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:06:46 GMT

For July 4, here's a suggestion for a teensy-weensy bit of stimulus money: Correct the misquotations in the Jefferson Memorial.

Health-care options shrink at every turn - Des Moines Register

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT

As the economy teeters, many of us who are fortunate enough to still have jobs are noticing companies are putting health-insurance options to the ax and putting more of the burden on employees. Of course, those who are not employed have it much worse ...

Healthcare wars and how insurance companies violate the Hippocratic ... - San Francisco Examiner

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:53:00 GMT

Our present health care system of insurance coverage, exploding costs, denial of care to people with pre-existing conditions, unconscionable prices for necessary and in some cases life saving drugs, does and continues to violate the Hippocratic oath ...

Health insurers withdraw R.I. rate hike requests - Providence Journal

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:57:00 GMT

PROVIDENCE ? The state?s three commercial health plans withdrew requests Friday for double-digit rate increases for next winter, a move that state Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher S. Koller estimated could save employers roughly $150 ...

Medicare's Mixed Legacy

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:08:15 GMT

Should the government get in the health insurance business? The question will be debated fiercely in coming months as President Obama and some Democratic lawmakers push for the creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurance companies for the business of nearly 50 million people who are without insurance.

Editorial: Obama's health insurance tax will hit union workers, public ... - Detroit News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:00 GMT

Another presidential "no new taxes" pledge may be ready to bite the dust. President Barack Obama promised during his campaign to contain his tax hiking zeal to those Americans who, in his view, make too much money. For everyone else, candidate Obama ...

Democrats Introduce New Health Care Bill - dbtechno.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Boston (DbTechNo) - A new bill introduced yesterday by Democrats would result in Americans paying a fine if they refuse to purchase health insurance. These fines could be as steep as $1000, and would be levied against Americans who although given the ...

Budget battles keep states from tackling reforms

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:12:55 GMT

As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side.

Senate health plan, either way you pay - WTHI

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health ...

Revised proposal would trim health care tag to $611.4B - Lowell Sun

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do ...

Welch puts weight into health care bill - Times-Argus

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:28:00 GMT

PLAINFIELD ? U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is facing the same choice in Washington, D.C., as he did in Montpelier ? whether to support a health care plan that will almost certainly fall short of the broader reform he favors. Welch, a member of the House ...