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It’s safe to say Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the only Republican who appears to be entertaining support for the Democratic…
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Read More (Bending the Curve – The Wrong Way)The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday wrote that , “Total national health expenditures under [H.R. 3200]…
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Read More (AARP: Healthcare Reform Has Become Most Divisive Issue in Group’s History)Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I’m not referring to the headlines that…
Read More (‘Conceptual Language’ Hides Health Care’s Costs)As Ways and Means Republicans have noted, the health plans Congressional Democrats are proposing have already failed at the state…
Read More (The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms)“If the goal of reform is to provide the best possible patient care, let’s take the government-controlled ‘public option’ —…
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