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Credits won't secure access to treatment
Sen. John McCain's proposed $5,000 tax credit for people to buy health insurance is a futile gesture on two counts ("Gloves stay on," Oct. 8). For one thing, $5,000 would not buy decent family coverage. For another, tax credits only help people who have...Tags: Private Health Care, John McCain, Credit and Debt
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Market cannot cure what ails health care
As a practicing physician for almost 40 years, I read with sheer incredulity the column "Cut health costs through market innovation" (Commentary, Oct. 7). The column advocates "using innovation to make health care cheaper and more accessible." But the...Tags: Medicare, Medical Services, Invention and Innovation
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We think: Kosmas, Blythe, Putnam and Stearns would serve voters best
In a time of war and economic turmoil, the choice of a president could not be more important. But the success of the next resident of the White House may depend on the partners he has at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the U.S. Capitol. This is a...Tags: Fannie Mae, Interior Policy, Kennedy Space Center, Energy, Freddie Mac
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Health care reform remains in limbo
Of The Associated PressWhen Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Nearly two years later, access to...Tags: Adults, Medicaid, Insurance, Health Insurance, Barack Obama
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Rivals short on specifics for entitlement reform
Social Security and Medicare long have been considered the nation's fiscal time bombs, and the ticking is getting louder. But presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have no comprehensive plans to overhaul the systems and are campaigning...Tags: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Health Insurance, Barack Obama
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Women's views on a female in the White House
In this historic presidential race, two women — Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton — have stood front and center on the most important political stage in the nation.»Regardless of whether a woman makes it into the White House in November, she'...Tags: Learning Disability, Boynton Beach, Pompano Beach, Hillary Clinton, Boca Raton
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Durbin, suburban doctor vie for US Senate seat
AP Political WriterA Republican physician hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Nov. 4 is campaigning with the mantra of opposition's standard-bearer, Barack Obama: Change. Dr. Steve Sauerberg even jokes that he's hoping for the Democratic presidential nominee's...Tags: Richard Durbin, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Upper House
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Report: Ind. workers losing job-provided coverage
Associated Press WriterA new report provides grist for a health policy political debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are covered is dropping. Health plans through work...Tags: Indianapolis, Healthcare Provider, Poverty, Insurance, Employees
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
COMING EVENTS:
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL MIDNIGHT MADNESS OCT. 16 -- 8 p.m., Koehler Fieldhouse … program run from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m., admission free, ring in the upcoming 2008-09 basketball season … includes games, free food, great...Tags: Charity, Health Organizations, Diseases, Defense, Bodies of Water
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Elders' self-interest is to vote for Obama
saulfriedman @comcast.netWith less than a month before this most important election in my lifetime, I'll leave it to the professional pundits to provide the differences between the major candidates on the cosmic issues of war and peace, the future of the economy and climate...Tags: Medicare, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Insurance, Social Security
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Alabama settles prescription drug suits against Bristol-Myers Squibb, 4 other companies
Associated Press WriterMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ The state of Alabama has settled Medicaid drug pricing lawsuits it filed against prescription drug manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb and four other companies, a lawyer representing the state confirmed Friday. Bristol-Myers...Tags: AstraZeneca Plc, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs
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The state of healthcare
The United States spent $2.1 trillion on healthcare in 2006, according to national health expenditure data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That number is expected to hit $4.3 trillion by the end of 2017 -- 19.5% of the gross...Tags: Medicare, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Healthcare Policies, Barack Obama
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