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1. Rep. Carolyn Maloney: The Assault on Choice

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 962
   There is much to praise in the ground breaking health care reform bill that just passed the House. It will provide an […] additional 36 million more Americans with affordable health insurance, meaning that 96% of all Americans will be insured. There […] and competition. Yet the historic passage of a health care bill came with an inescapably cruel irony. There is an
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2. Integrating an Ounce of Prevention

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 962
   As health care reform heads into the next phase, Congress will miss the boat if it ends up perpetuating a system that […] would actually lower health costs. Would savings to programs like Medicare be blunted because healthier patients tend to […] diseases? But an article in this months American Journal of Public Health by Dana Goldman Ph.D. and his colleagues suggests
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3. Traffic accidents are biggest killer of girls in rich countries

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 982
   Heart disease is biggest killer of women across the globe, says World Health Organisation report, the first global […] comparison of womens health from birth to death Traffic accidents are the biggest killer of adolescent girls in rich countries […] , the World Health Organisation said yesterday. In its report, Women and Health – the first global comparison of womens
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4. GOP Governor Candidates Rip Socialized Medicine While Dems Back Public …

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 962
   CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican […] are considering whether to include a public option – that is, a government-managed health insurance program – in any […] health care overhaul they try to pass. To make that public option more palatable to doubters, some advocates are pushing to
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5. Health Plan Hits High Earners With Big Tax Hike- GOP Set to Propose Its …

   
   FOXNews.com — Authority 942
   
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6. NHS missed target on chlamydia screening, says watchdog

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 982
   the Department of Health made testing a priority in 2007, health trusts still missed the then 17% target. Tests and […] follow-up treatment last year cost an average of £56 per person, although the Health Protection Agency, which oversees the […] locally managed NHS. The department [of Health] should learn from this programme and not fall into the same traps again." But
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7. Verizon Health Care Expert to Present on Nov. 9 at World Health Congress …

   
   Religion — Authority 845
   participate in a panel discussion at the World Health Congress Leadership Summit on Health Information Technology on Nov. 9 in […] Alexandria. The panel will discuss key challenges facing the health care industry in addressing emerging security and privacy […] compliance measures related to the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the
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8. AMA Sorry About Fighting Health Care, Offers America A Toke [Health …

   
   Gawker — Authority 868
   The American Medical Association—the doctor lobby—has fought health care reform tooth and nail throughout its entire
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9. Whats the point of the NHSs midlife MOT?

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 982
   Regular health checks for over-40s will only help the worried well According to government proposals published […] yesterday, from April next year everyone aged 40 to 74 will have the right to a free health check every five years. Is this a […] good idea? A GP writes . . . I believe that offering a blanket, one-size-fits-all health check to the entire population
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10. Fiscally Responsible Health Reform Redux

    
    White House.gov Blog Feed: WhiteHouse.gov Blog — Authority 798
    Every two weeks or so, there seems to be a story ringing the alarm bells over the fiscal dimension of health reform […] . As Ive said time and again, the President is committed to signing a health reform bill that is deficit neutral in the […] Saturday by the House both meet these tests. But health reform effort must go beyond simply being deficit neutral over the
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