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Health care's 'public option' would cover little of population
Health care's 'public option' would cover little of population Updated 4h 43m ago By John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — A proposed government-run health insurance program, among the most divisive issues in the health care debate, would cover less than 1.5% of the population, new estimates show. The latest version of the "public option," included in the 10-year, $848 billion health care bill headed toward an initial Senate vote Saturday, would cover up to 4 million people, according to the Congressional Budget Office report released late Wednesday night. The issue remains among those that have prevented Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from securing the 60 votes he needs to pass the bill. Paul Ginsburg, an economist with the Center for Studying Health System Change, questions the impact the public option proposals would have on families seeking health coverage. "The type of public option we're talking about today … is all about ideology and symbolism," he said.
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Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal
16 minutes ago · Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist. The Venezuelan president praised Carlos -- whose real name is Ilich Sanchez Ramirez -- during a speech Friday night saying: "I defend him. It doesn't matter to me what they say tomorrow in Europe." Ramirez gained international notoriety during the 1970s and 80s as the alleged mastermind of deadly bombings, killings and ho
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US Treasury To Sell TARP Warrants In Public Auctions
27 minutes ago · The U.S. Treasury Department plans to sell warrants it obtained from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) and TCF Financial Corp. (TCB) in modified Dutch auctions that will be held during the next month. Treasury obtained the warrants in connection with capital it provided to each of the institutions through the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly known as TARP. While some banks have worked directly with Treasury to determine prices at which t
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Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
1 hour ago · AP – In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei... ROME – Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. Three fingers, a vertebra and a tooth were removed from the astronomer's body by admirers in 1737, 95 years after his death, as his
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Bill Moyers Retiring From Weekly Television
2 hours ago · Bill Moyers is leaving weekly television. The New York Times' Elizabeth Jensen reports that the PBS newscaster is retiring from his Friday night program, "Bill Moyers Journal," on April 30, 2010. "Bill Moyers Journal" launched in April 2007. Jensen reports that it was Moyers' intention to retire at Christmas this year, but PBS asked him to stay on through April to help raise funds.
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Coal mine gas blast in north-eastern China traps 139
3 hours ago · gas blast at a coal mine in northern China has left 139 miners trapped underground, state media have reported. Xinhua said 389 people had managed to escape the mine in Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, and rescue teams were trying to reach those trapped. China's coal mines are notoriously dangerous despite tighter government regulations aimed at upgrading safety. Last year alone, more than 3,000 people were killed in accident while working in coal mines. Most accidents are blam
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Levi Johnston's mother gets 3 years in drug case
3 hours ago · Nov 20, 9:37 PM EST Levi Johnston's mother gets 3 years in drug case ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The mother of the man former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison. Sherry Johnston was sentenced Friday in Palmer, about 45 miles northeast of Anchorage. She pleaded guilty in August to one count of possession with intent to deliver the painkiller OxyContin. Five other felony counts were dropped in the deal, which called fo
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Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato pulls out
4 hours ago · Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato pulls out David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government Julian Glover guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 November 2009 19.24 GMT Article history The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country more time. In an interview with the Guardian at the end of a visit to Kabul for the presidential inaugur
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Militia movement resurfaces across nation
4 hours ago · Resurgence in part coincides with the arrival of Obama administration NIKISKI, Alaska - Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government. Walking stick in hand, clad in military fatigues, he strolls a trail in the woods near his home, located on 22 acres near Nikiski, a small, unincorporated community with isolated roads and no local government. The n
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Ohio's Unemployment Rate Increases (10.5%)
4 hours ago · 4:15 pm EST November 20, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's unemployment rate has gone up for the first time in three months, to 10.5 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said joblessness increased despite slightly more hiring by both services and goods-producing businesses. Department director Douglas Lumpkin said more workers found themselves unemployed and looking for work, keeping the state's labor market weak. The number
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'Rain like this happens once every 1,000 years' -- severe preciptiation in England
6 hours ago · The full and devastating impact of England’s worst recorded day of rain was still emerging last night as tributes were paid to a policeman swept away by floodwaters while trying to save others. PC Bill Barker was helping motorists stranded on a bridge over the Derwent in the Cumbrian town of Workington when it collapsed. His body was discovered hours later on a nearby beach. The Environment Agency said that the flooding across the region was so severe that such an event was likely to hap
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Nov 20 · The purpose of “Half the Sky – Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide”, by Pulitzer Prize Winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, is pretty much self-evident from the subtitle. The authors say in the introduction to that their primary areas of emphasis are: sex trafficking and the forced prostitution that accompanies it; gender-based violence against women; and maternal mortality (mortality associated with pregnancy or childbirth). The United Nations’ Interna
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Nov 20 · Guess who is not satisfied with the Senate Health care bill. The Catholic Bishops group is calling it not just a bad bill but one of the worst they have seen. Guess they will be stepping in to make it better, just like did when they aided in getting the Stupak amendment passed at the last minute. Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life spokesman for the nation's Catholic bishops doesn't mince words today an interview about the new Harry Reid health care bill in the Senate that co
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Nov 20 · Our illustrious (cough, cough) White House press corps showed it could get to the bottom of a story with impressively journalistic and probative skills this week. The story that so obviously required multiple questions to President Obama on his trip to Asia? Whether he's eating enough, and whether he's losing weight. Oh, and his gray hair. Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Somebody, obviously bored on the excruciatingly long plane ride, decided they'd float the rumor that Obama was
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Nov 20 · I had to read a lot of books about the current war and occupation in Iraq before I found one that's laugh out-loud hilarious. It's a book about a U.S. military hospital in Iraq, a journal kept for a 10-month tour of duty by an operating room medic. The story never leaves the hospital, and it focuses in large part on the relationships among the characters working there, including pranks and hijinks aplenty. One almost inevitably thinks of MASH and its fictional Army hospital in Korea, but ther
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Nov 20 · "...but having the dog helps. Not just in what he will do for me, but in the companionship that touches me in the heart." :sp: :sp: -Quote from a U.S. Army veteran who was caught in an IED explosion during his second tour of duty in Iraq, losing his left arm and left leg. America's VetDogs helps veterans who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence whether they are visually impaired or have other special needs, by providing them with guide dogs, service d
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Nov 20 · I'm deeply concerned that the 'public option' is too weak in the House bill and even more tainted in the Senate with their 'opt-out provision. I posted some analysis here which highlighted my objections () and the non-response to my thread was typical of a community which (in the majority) isn't in any mood to lose on this one. Given the nature of the opposition in Congress (which is basically nothing but industry whores looking to derail the legislation by hook or crook), there really isn't
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Nov 19 · This is an email forward that I could not let go uncontested. So, here it is broken up, and my response underneath. The Letter Everyone Is Talking About This has to be the email forward of the year! Please take a few minutes to read and absorb just what this woman had to say, and then hopefully everyone will pass it to their entire mailing list, and theirs to theirs until it circles the nation! Time is short and arrogance, stupidity and ignorance abound.............. The followin
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Nov 19 · Maybe it is a good thing this happened, this idiotic religion-based amendment that was pushed by the Catholic Bishops and allowed by our Democratic majority. I remember pre-Roe times all too clearly. There was not only a deep shame to getting pregnant pre-marriage....there was no legal way to do anything about it. Oh, and there were not the effective means of birth control, either. So pardon me if I wonder why women are so compliant as our party is willing to take away their rights.
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Nov 19 · via AlterNet's PEEK: Economy Is Going to Get Much Worse Posted by Steven D., Booman Tribune at 2:02 PM on November 19, 2009. The so-called recovery is mostly smoke and mirrors. I think the economy is pretty darn awful, but with record profits on Wall Street and all the happy talk about a recovery from the recession (albeit a jobless recovery) it's confusing for many people as to what our economic future really holds. Well, here's relevant statistic that sums it up nicely, o
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Nov 19 · We really are on the slippery slope by not recognizing anything besides death of the mother as a viable reason for a late-term abortion. It is like we went back to the dark ages the last few years. We have let religion set the course that will determine a woman's choice....not science, not medicine...religion. And insurance companies. From MS Magazine: This story could probably be told many times over. “Our medical experts have determined that your life was not in danger and
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Nov 19 · Let the articles do the talking (and crow will be at the end for those who want it) These data suggest a role for toxicology in the etiology of obesity. This role has received additional support from a recent review (Baillei-Hamilton, 2002) that presents a provocative hypothesis to explain the global obesity epidemic: chemical toxins. This article presents data showing that the current epidemic in obesity cannot be explained solely by alterations in food intake and/or decrease in exercise. Th
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Nov 19 · (Image: Troy Page, t r u t h o u t; Adapted: John Niedermeyer, ajagendorf25, stevegarfield, Temari 09, publicenergy) Not So Funny After All By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Columnist Thursday 19 November 2009 I've been writing roughly once a week for months now about the insane circus that is today's Republican Party, mostly to make fun of them. It's difficult to do otherwise; how does one write seriously about people like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and GOP Chairman Michael S
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