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New York Times

In a reversal from past election cycles, Democratic candidates for president are outpacing Republicans in donations from the health care industry, even as the leading Democrats in the field offer proposals that have caused deep anxiety in some of its

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Death by a Thousand Papercuts

"You may remember that we tried to do that [pass her health care bill] in 1993 and 1994. We weren't totally successful, but I did not give up." The headline didn't have the sensationalist bite that "Brain-Eating Microbes Kill

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The Examiner(Timothy Carney)

Democrats may never get enough votes to override President Bush's veto of their bill expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), but they can hope to draw quite a bit of blood in the process. The Democrats' congressi

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New York Times

Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims improperly denied by private insurers that run the system's huge new drug benefit program and offer other private insurance options encouraged

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War Street Journal

Health-care premiums of employers and their workers rose by more than twice the rate of inflation in 2007, and cost increase are expected to accelerate next year, with employees picking up a larger slice of the bill, according to a study released

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Doublespeak never seems to cease. Today’s politicians appear to make it almost mandatory that they speak out of both sides of their mouths truly believing that citizens buy what they say. However, in the final analysis the citizen finally gets the

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Sun-Sentinel(Florida)

Tatiana Fredericks needed treatment for minor pain last week, only to learn her doctor had the day off. Mary Ann Arman just moved to South Florida from Texas and learned her kids needed more vaccinations to start school. Both ended up at a walk-in

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Salt Lake Tribune

Sergey Sargsyan has lost 80 pounds since his symptoms began more than three months ago. He's in pain and getting weaker. Emergency rooms visits and surgery to remove gallstones have done little to help. Doctors say he needs a specialist

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Sydney Morning Herald

The State Government is considering a proposal to lease "excess space" at the Prince of Wales Hospital to the private hospital next door. The public cardiothoracic unit had enough space for 12 beds but only ever had four or five DUE TO A LA

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USA Today

Douglas was shocked by the high cost and impersonal care at assisted-living facilities near her home. She joined a small but steadily growing number of Americans who are moving across the border to nursing homes in Mexico, where the sun is bright and

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LA Times

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters should make her president, but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring a large swath of her record a

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