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The measure includes: -- An individual mandate that would require people to buy health insurance. -- An employer mandate that would require companies to cover their employees, though small businesses would be exempted. -- Funding to create insurance exchanges to serve people who don't have employ...
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Dandelion Salad:
Dandelion SaladBy David LightmanMcClatchyNov. 7, 2009WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a vote of 220 to 215, historic health care legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so.If passed by the (Read More)
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Martim Avillez Figueiredo, the editor of i, short for “informação,” has organized his paper with opinion pieces first and all the best news in the front.
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Heavier Americans are lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at any size.
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The hot new Republican hit on health care reform legislation came in the form of a press release from Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich).Under Democratic-authored health care reform, Camp insisted, if people defied the individual mandate and refused to purchase insurance, they could potentially be imprisoned for up to five years. The (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.The 220-215 vote clea (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.The 220-215 vote clea (Read More)
Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the Obama administr (Read More)
New York Times:
In the recent downturn, Ruby Tuesday has tried to trade up. When people start to dine out again, the founder wants them to find his chain transformed.
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One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats.Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Louisiana Republican who hails from a decidedly Democratic New Orleans district, voted yea on the final passage of legislation. He joined 219 Democrats to make the final margin (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The one House Republican to support health care reform said on Sunday that his decision to back the bill was driven by his conscience and the needs of his district and not back-room dealing with the White House or Democrats.Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La), appearing on CNN, said that he cast his vote in favor of reform only after an (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared on Sunday that the health care legislation passed by the House of Representatives would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate, in part because his friend and colleague, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), wouldn't go "anywhere near" it."The House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate," Gra (Read More)
New York Times:
This week, on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the United States Embassy in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not mention that, as a student leader in 1979, he had voted against the plan to seize the U.S. compound and suggested taking the Soviet Embassy instead.
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Huffington Post:
Marilyn Wann is an author and weight diversity speaker in Northern California who has a message for anyone making judgments about her health based on her large physique. "The only thing anyone can accurately diagnose by looking at a fat person is their own level of stereotype and prejudice about fat," said Ms. Wann, a 43-ye (Read More)
New York Times:
In the recent downturn, Ruby Tuesday has tried to trade up. When people start to dine out again, the founder wants them to find his chain transformed. (Read More)