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Democrats snare 60 votes to move forward on health care; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.

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Comparison Of Democratic Health Care Bills

A Comparison Of Senate, House Democratic Health Care Bills (AP) A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of...

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Cardin Says Health Bill Will Help Small Businesses; Read Bill Here

With a test vote on health care reform scheduled for tonight, Republicans are using their weekly radio and Internet address to criticize the bill. Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo says the measure will "drive up the cost of health care...

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Rep. Tom Cole should be thanked, not criticized

Editor, The Transcript:In response to Joe Carter's letter criticizing Tom Cole, I'd like to criticize his argument that AARP and the AMA are supporting this bill. They are indeed endorsing the bill but do you know the reasons...

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World › Democrats have 60 pledges ahead of key Senate health care vote

Sunday 22nd November, 06:52 AM JST WASHINGTON — In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the...

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The Health-Care Buffet

The obesity bubble is in no danger of bursting. By ALLYSIA FINLEY While lawmakers like to vilify insurance and pharmaceutical companies for driving up health-care costs to make fat profits, obesity is actually a far bigger...

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Not to our health

Existing gov’t plans rife with quackery By Deroy Murdock Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Fraud devours some $60 billion - or 13.3 percent - of Medicare’s $452 billion budget. Another recent report uncovered $18.1 billion in...

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Your Prescription is Ready

Someone forwarded me this via email and it was too good not to share. I’m not sure of the original source, but if anyone can identify it for me, I’m happy to credit it. UPDATE: Near as I can tell, the logo at the bottom appears...

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NM Considers Scaling Back Medicaid Coverage

New Mexico Considers Medicaid Overhaul To Cut Costs Because Of Looming Budget Shortfall (AP) SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to...

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Senate to Vote on Health Care Bill Saturday

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released a Senate version of the government health care overhaul, weighing in at a massive 2,074 pages . McClatchy news reports , "The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter,...

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