Setting the Record Straight:The Canadian Healthcare System

Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:39 PM EST

I was asked by Jeff Coleman a student here the USA to post his recent speech based report for School that he will Present to in school tomorrow.

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THE SMELL OF CORRUPTION: Lieberman and Bayh Enriching Themselves and Their Spouses with Opposition to Health Reform

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:42 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

He's drowning in campaign contributions from the insurance industry, the health care industry, the pharmaceutical industry—more than $2.5 million.

congress, politics, health-care, corruption, health-insurance, campaign-finance-reform, health-care-reform, public-option, health-insurance-refore

Insurance company executive refers to high-cost patients as 'dogs.'

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:17 PM EDT (Think Progress)

In the state of New York, insurers are legally prohibited from discriminating against individuals who submit large claims.

health, health-care, health-insurance, health-care-reform, washington-times

Pentagon ships new M-ATVs to Afghanistan

Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:20 PM EDT (CNET.com)

U.S. troops in Afghanistan are now starting to receive the first of thousands of a new vehicle intended for treacherous mountain roads and tight urban lanes.

technology, us, defense, milatary, pentagon-us-forces

Health Care Reform: Only Solutions Allowed

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:45 AM EDT (Examiner)

Seeded by Azzix (Clipped by NonPartisan_American)

Rather than focus on a top-down approach in which Conservative and Liberal ideologies will inevitably clash, it would be useful to concentrate on a bottom-up approach, fixing problems where there is broad agreement and an obvious improvement in the status quo.

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Health care: The fight against death

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 7:29 AM EDT (Examiner)

Seeded by Max Black (Clipped by NonPartisan_American)

Olbermann reaches across the partisan divide and almost begs Americans to join together for meaningful health care reform.

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CBO estimates Baucus bill at $829B

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 6:50 PM EDT (Politico)

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate Finance Committee's health reform bill will cost $829 billion over 10 years – bringing it well within the president's $900 billion target and clearing the way for a committee vote as early as Friday.

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It Probably Shouldn't Shock You That Small Govt. Types Oppose Net Neutrality... But The "Crazy" In This Article Goes Up to 11

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:34 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Seeded by Killfile (Clipped by NonPartisan_American)

Proponents of net neutrality rely on the scare tactic that big bad cable and phone companies will block access to Web sites and cause other mischief unless the benevolent federal government rides to the rescue, and soon.

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Insurers say coverage penalty has to have bite

Seeded on Tue Oct 6, 2009 4:07 PM EDT (Google)

The industry — counting on millions of more Americans buying insurance — says the penalties are now so weak they practically beg to be ignored.

insurers, congress, health, democrats, health-care

Birth of BaucusCare

Seeded on Tue Oct 6, 2009 4:02 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

a key K Street lobbyist told me. "The fastest way to get something passed is to go with the Senate's version."

congress, senate, politics, health-care, baucus

Panel Finishes Work on Health Bill Amendments

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:59 AM EDT (The New York Times)

After a marathon session that ran well past midnight, the Senate Finance Committee on Friday passed a major milestone in its work on legislation to remake the health care system and provide coverage to millions of the uninsured.

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Generals Confirm FACT that Dick & Liz Cheney Are Scaremongering

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:52 AM EDT (Politico)

About a dozen retired generals and admirals, trying to add momentum to President Barack Obama's effort to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, are accusing former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz of scaremongering about the dangers of closing it.

cheney, democrats, politics, republicans, gitmo

How Xbox Can Help Fight Heart Disease

Seeded on Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:13 PM EDT (TIME)

A computer scientist at the University of Warwick in England has devised a way to use an Xbox 360 to detect heart defects and help prevent heart attacks.

doctors, health, health-care, microsoft, video-games

Health, Money and Fear (Video)

Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:54 PM EDT (YouTube)

Produced by an emergency physician (Paul Hochfeld), "Health, Money and Fear" answers three questions about our broken health care non-system.

doctors, health, health-insurance, government, health-care-reform, us-health-care, medical-cost

A $120 stimulus check each and every month

Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:28 PM EDT (TIME)

First American CoreLogic has taken a look at the effect of the government's efforts to drive down mortgage interest rates, which, among other things, makes for easier refinancing.

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Republican will Revive Public Option in Baucus' Health Care Bill

Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:19 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Senator Olympia J.

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Leading Senator Pushes New Plan to Oversee Banks

Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:09 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The senior Senate Democrat shepherding legislation to overhaul the nation's financial system is planning to propose the merger of four bank agencies into one super-regulator, an idea that is significantly different from what President Obama envisions.

business, banks, consumers

Court Backs Outside Groups' Political Spending

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The federal appeals court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that the government cannot restrict independent political spending by nonprofit groups or political committees, accelerating the judicial rollback of regulations aimed at curtailing the power of money in politics …

congress, elections, lobbyist, politics, presidents, election-donations

F.C.C. Chairman Seeks to Protect Free Flow of Internet Data (net neutrality)

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)

In a move to make good on one of President Obama's campaign promises, Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will propose Monday that the agency expand and formalize rules meant to keep Internet providers from discriminating against certain c …

technology, us, congress, internet, fcc, lifestyle

Bank of America: Did Ken Lewis Lie to Shareholders?

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:58 AM EDT (TIME)

Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis may in for much more than a trip to the woodshed.

business, wall-street, usa, investors, banking, consumers

Retailers Ready for Fight on Credit-Card Fees

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:27 AM EDT (TIME)

Americans are being forced to pay significantly higher swipe fees whenever they use their credit cards than any of their peers in the industrialized world, according to a report by the Merchants Payments Coalition.The report, released Thursday by a coalition of retailers, superma …

business, us, banks, consumers, retailers, credit-cards, debit-cards

What You Need to Know About Social Security

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:13 AM EDT (Yahoo!)

Social Security provides 50% of the income for more than half of married retired couples and about 20% for high earners. Moreover, it's the only source of income you're likely to have that's guaranteed to last for life and keep pace with inflation.

social-security, retirement, us-news, golden-years

When a Parent's 'I Love You' Means 'Do as I Say'

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:59 AM EDT (The New York Times)

More than 50 years ago, the psychologist Carl Rogers suggested that simply loving our children wasn't enough. We have to love them unconditionally, he said — for who they are, not for what they do.

health, children, parenting

Finally, Some Real Push Back From Obama Administration on the Right's "Czar" Idiocy from Crooks and Liars

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:51 AM EDT (All Eyes on Obama)

Over the past several weeks, we've seen with increasing frequency and volume issues raised around the use of "czars" by this Administration.

us, white-house, politics, obama, socialism, czars

Someday, a Bill Will Pass

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:00 AM EDT (The New York Times)

"I don't want a single-payer health care system, and I don't want a single-payer student loan system!" "We're not talking about health care today, but perhaps we should be!" "The big gulp of the public option swallowing the private option!"

college, education, obama, student-loans

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