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Obama threatens insurers’ anti-trust exemption

WASHINGTON — President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of airing “deceptive and dishonest ads” to derail his health care legislation and threatening to strip the industry of its longstanding exemption from federal anti-trust laws. In unusually harsh terms, Mr. Obama cast insurance companies as obstacles to change interested only in preserving their own “profits and bonuses” and willing to “bend the truth or break it” to stop his drive to remake the nation’s health care system.

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Father calls Insurance Company’s Decision to Drop Son’s Coverage "Attempted Murder"

Rather than continue to pay for Ian Pearl's million dollar medical treatments, one insurance company has decided to end certain lines of coverage altogether, reports William Ehart of the Washington Times. Pearl, 37, suffers from Type II spinal muscular dystrophy, and has been using a wheel chair and connected to a breathing tube for most of his life.

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BABY DENIED HEALTH CARE — HE’S "TOO FAT"

Alex Lange is a chubby, dimpled, healthy and happy 4-month-old. But in the cold, calculating numbered charts of insurance companies, he is fat.

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LeAnn Rimes Hit n’ Run — Case Closed

Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Exclusives TMZ has learned LeAnn Rimes will NOT face criminal charges for an alleged hit-and-run incident last month in Brentwood.As TMZ previously reported, the LAPD questioned Eddie Cibrian’s plaything at her home on August 21 — moments after she was accused … Permalink

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The Glenn Beck Ad Boycott List top

Today, GMAC Financial Services confirmed that it’s no longer advertising on Glenn Beck ‘s show. How many advertisers have deserted him now

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House of Lords in reform debate on succession to the Peerage

The Hereditary Peerage Association has made history in Britain by promoting a debate on the rights of illegitimate children and females to succeed to the Peerage. Ten years ago it was unthinkable that a profound…

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Public Option Now Blog Weighs Congress’ Progress on Health Care

The Public Option Health Care Now blog, recently founded by yours truly to follow and enhance Congress’ efforts toward health care for everyone in the US, has written a brief and cogent commentary of what right and what’s wrong with the US Congress’ efforts over the last… read more

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