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Healthcare bill can start saving lives within 90 days of enactment

I have decided to take on the task of reading the health care bill.

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Healthcare bill can start saving lives within 90 days of enactment

Reid: Saturday vote on health care bill likely

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said at a news conference that the legislation, embodying President Obama’s signature domestic initiative, would impose new regulations on insurers, extend coverage to 31 million people who currently do not have any and add new benefits to Medicare. Mr.

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US Postal Service posts $3.8 billion loss, may cut Saturdays

The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.8 billion loss in the 2009 fiscal year, and plans to propose to Congress in 2010 that it drop Saturday delivery.

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US Postal Service posts $3.8 billion loss, may cut Saturdays

AP Poll: Most favor taxing the rich to pay for health bill

~House Health Bill has 5.4% income tax surcharge on $1M+ household incomes~ When it comes to paying for health overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.

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Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die

Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. The findings by Harvard University researchers surprised doctors and health experts who have believed emergency room care was equitable. “This is another drop in a sea of evidence that the uninsured fare much worse in their health in the United States,” said senior author Dr

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Senate begins tackling health bill

With a Thanksgiving recess looming, the Senate this week will take steps to open debate on its own health care bill even though it remains unclear whether Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader, has the votes to overcome even an initial procedural hurdle.

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Gawker Weddings and Their First Wedding Conspiracy Trend

If love is a battlefield, and weddings are your infantry missions, Phyllis Nefler is Sherman, burning up the NYT’s Weddings & Celebrations . Well, she just earned her Downfall meme: we’ve found our first weddings trend.

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Gawker Weddings and Their First Wedding Conspiracy Trend

Who currently subsidizes abortion? Many pro-lifers don’t know

As is now widely known, added to the health care reform bill just passed by the House of Representatives was a provision barring access to abortion called the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. Passed with the support of sixty-four Democrats, Stupak-Pitts doesn't merely prohibit coverage of abortion in a public option. It also forbids women who receive a federal subsidy from purchasing any health insurance plan that covers the procedure, even if the abortion is paid out of a separate pool of private premium dollars (for all the background and details, see my colleague Emily Douglas' post)

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Who currently subsidizes abortion? Many pro-lifers don’t know

How did we get fat and what do we do about it?

Let’s continue our food chat..we all had a lot to say. I’ve had weight issues my whole life. As a child I was so thin from near starvation and excessive energy, I looked like a concentration camp victim.

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How did we get fat and what do we do about it?

Clinton meets with Dems on HCR: Obama rejects abortion provision

WASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system. His failed attempt to revamp the delivery of medical care contributed to the Republican takeover of the House and Senate in 1994

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