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• Reid 2.0: Even Higher Premium Taxes

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 731
  As part of Senator Harry Reid’s indefatigable effort to make each new version of the Senate health care legislation worse than the previous one, his Manager’s Amendment restructures and expands the health insurance premium tax included in the earlier versions of the Senate bill. The earlier versions would have ...
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• Michael Steele Catches The Stupid

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 134
  There seems to be something going around among the Republican leadership.Today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele said this about health care reform:I mean, it just annoys and irritates me on something so fundamentally important. That this Congress, this leadership, is so tone deaf and so hell bent on propping up a policy ...
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• Why the Reid Bill is Unconstitutional

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  In effect, the onerous obligations under the Reid Bill would convert private health insurance companies into virtual public utilities. This action is not only a source of real anxiety but also a decision of constitutional proportions, for it systematically strips the regulated health-insurance issuers of their ...
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• To Get Ben Nelson’s Health Care Vote, Nebraska To Receive Kansas

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 434
  “IT’S BEING CALLED THE ‘NEW KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT.’ WE’LL ALL BE ENSLAVED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND THERE’LL BE A HELLUVA’ LOTTA’ BLEEDING.”
  3 hours ago

• Ten Technology New Year Wishes. #1 - A Keyboard For iPhone

  
  Media Relations — Authority: 103
  This year, instead of New Year resolutions, Ive listed my New Year wishes.  Do add yours! A Bluetooth keyboard for my iPhone. An Apple laptop... my first clean break from PC prison. A lower-cost Kindle. A quick & easy cure for tennis elbow (from over-computing). New media stops berating old media. Old ...
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• Liberal Vitriol Personified

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  President Obama promised to be a postpartisan, post-racial president. That myth disappeared last January. Now we’ve got irrefutable proof that some Democrats are hatemongers : Voting ‘no’ and hiding from the vote are the same result. Those of us on the floor see it. It was clear the three of them who did ...
  4 hours ago

• The Individual Mandate : Unconstitutional, and an Alarming Precedent

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 523
  Health insurance: The individual mandate. Illustration from Slate.Going too far?Health care reform and the individual mandate If Congress gets away with this, there is no stopping point and Big Business will have succeeded in making Americans into involuntary consumers whenever it so chooses.By Sheldon H. Laskin / ...
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• The Health Care Mess

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 147
  So why IS there a mandate to buy insurance, as if the question really needs to be asked? Its because the health insurance industry wants to continue with its obscene profits, and more people in the pool means more money .
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• Health Care Costs Decrease Under Senate Bill

  
  Blake's Think Tank — Authority: 138
  Health care costs decrease under the Senate bill. ( Thumbs up : Ezra Klein .)  While it’s not a perfect system (the exposure for low-income Americans needs to be lower), it’s a vast improvement. As E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post writes , “It’s a lot easier to improve a system premised on the idea ...
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• The hard bargains and steep costs of passing health reform

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 615
  Unveiling a modified health reform bill on Saturday, Senate Democratic leaders appear to have cobbled together the 60 votes they’ll need to pass the most expansive overhaul to the nation’s health care system in generations. But winning that support comes at a steep cost. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) (WDCpix) ...
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• Will The Proposed Stimulus Program Save You Financially?

  
  Reed's Bankruptcy Blog — Authority: 134
  President Barack Obama is proposing a stimulus program that’s designed to combat the high unemployment rate plaguing the nation. But will the new stimulus program help the average American avoid foreclosure and bankruptcy?Obama proposed new spending for highway and bridge construction, for small-business tax cuts ...
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• 2009 Hall of Shame Inductees

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Three words have been weighing heavily on my mind lately: unconscionable, outrage, and cynicism. I havent used unconscionable too often in my life; its an extreme and unforgiving descriptor. But in the last year (okay, the last decade really, but you have to let go sometime), unconscionable has been a steady mantra ...
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• The Decision Is Yours With Health Insurance

  
  IENACE — Authority: 141
  Here is an article that points out all the different types of plans obtainable, from basic to full comprehensive care. Look carefully and find the right health plan for you and your family. In the current market there are many different forms of Medical Insurance Plans existing and essentially, this is how they ...
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• U.S. House votes to extend COBRA expansion

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Reports the Times Herald: An extension of health care coverage for the unemployed, known as COBRA, passed the U.S. House and now moves to the Senate. Congress passed the landmark Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA, health benefit provisions in 1986 to provide continuation of group health ...
  7 hours ago

• Health Insurance Age Rating = Corporate Welfare

  
  MomsRising Blog — Authority: 130
  Age discrimination in the form of age rating, the practice of allowing private insurers to charge people higher premiums solely based on age, is wrong. And Congress is buying the false argument from the insurance companies that without age rating, insurance will be too expensive for younger people. But that’s not ...
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• Medigap Policies: Choosing Your Provider

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 170
  Living on a budget can be complicated especially if you are concerned with health care costs. By securing a Medicare supplement, you may ease your mind. Expenses do seem to pop up at the most inconvenient of times and places, and healthcare does not need to be on your list of expense-related worries.
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• How Should Insurers Pay Doctors and Hospitals for Healthcare?

  
  Lean Insider — Authority: 120
  In the debate over reforming healthcare, one issue that is rarely discussed is how to reform the way insurance companies pay for healthcare. One recent change that received a lot of publicity was a decision by Medicare (and some private insurers) to stop paying for treatments required as the result of ...
  8 hours ago

• CBS “60 Minutes” Features Recession Hit Wilmington Town Of Ohio

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  By Gina GomezDec.21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest episode of the television program ‘60 Minutes’ witnessed correspondent Scott Pelley revisit the town of Wilmington, Ohio which had been grappling under the onslaught of recession. The latest episode featured the present day situation in the town that was severely ...
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• Ben’s Last Big Vote?

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  It’s apparent that Ben Nelson doesn’t have a spine. The notion that he’s a courageous moderate just got torched. Now that he’s been outed as just another spineless politician, it’s time for him to go. According to this article , the Nebraska GOP is getting started with defeating him: The chairman of ...
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• Senate Speech Heralds New Social Movement

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 482
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