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Friday, April 15, 2011

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Dems On Budget Deal: GOP Lost Its 'Gettysburg' On Health Care Reform
Huffington Post
"Republicans had a choice of issues on which to make a stand and they didn't chose health care," said Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer at the Center for American Progress, and a member of the president's team of health care advisers. ...
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Oklahoma turns down $54M for health care reforms
CBS News
Oklahoma's Republican governor announced Thursday that her state is rejecting a $54.6 million grant to set up its state-based health care exchange system. Gov. Mary Fallin said the move "accomplishes my goal from the very beginning: stopping the ...
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One year later, time to toss Obama health care
Baltimore Sun
First, government-run health care would mean federal bureaucrats making health care decisions instead of patients and their doctors. A government takeover of one-sixth of our economy can only mean higher costs, bigger deficits, and more government ...
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Health Highlights: April 15, 2011
U.S. News & World Report
The growing number of reported health problems associated with the prescription weight loss drugs Alli and Xenical should prompt their removal from the US market, says Public Citizen. On Thursday, the consumer watchdog group issued its second petition ...
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Dems form campaign to defend health care overhaul
BusinessWeek
Democrats looking to defend President Barack Obama's massive health care overhaul are announcing an effort to highlight what they say are the benefits of the law and to lobby Congress to defend it. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and former Wisconsin ...
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Ala. lawmakers increase health insurance tax break
BusinessWeek
By PHILLIP RAWLS The Alabama Legislature is increasing the state income tax deduction that small businesses get for supplying health insurance for their workers. Currently, businesses with fewer than 25 employees get to deduct 150 percent of their ...
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AG says pay for nonprofit directors unjustified
BusinessWeek
Coakley has been sharply critical of those firms in recent weeks for paying five-figure salaries to its directors while health care costs were soaring in Massachusetts. Since her review began, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts -- the state's ...
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Trumbull may merge town and education health-care plans
Ct Post
TRUMBULL -- Trumbull could save big on health-care costs by merging the town and education employees' health care plans, First Selectman Tim Herbst said, but education officials are hesitant to embrace the change. Both the town and education side of ...
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Vt. Senate prepares to debate health care bill
NECN
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont senate committee is preparing for some long hours in the coming days as it aims to get major health care reform legislation ready for debate by the full Senate. The bill under consideration aims to put Vermont on a ...
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Mass. looks to hold down costs on subsidized care
BusinessWeek
Spending on Massachusetts' subsidized Commonwealth Care health insurance program is expected to remain level next year even as enrollment could grow by 11 percent. Gov. Deval Patrick's administration officials said the savings come because a number of ...
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