msnbc.msn.com - 2/25/2009
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A new government report on medical costs paints a stark picture for President Barack Obama, who is expected to call for a health care overhaul in a speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.
washingtonpost.com - 2/26/2009
usatoday.com - 2/20/2009
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usatoday.com —
Advocates say the 17 million Americans who buy
their own coverage can't negotiate lower rates the way...
employers or other large group plans can. "These folks have their back against the wall," says Jerry Flanagan, a health advocate with Consumer ...
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Costs for individual health plans soar
apnews.myway.com - 2/24/2009
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Healthcare Costs $8,000 Per Person
Drudge Retort —
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Healthcare Costs $8,000 Per Person Health care costs will be over $8,000 per person this year, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services that will be released today. Posted by ...
Change Policy, Change Behavior
The Republic of T. —
... of many Americans at risk. In 1977 and in 1994, they engaged in the kind of obfuscation a child does when he moves his vegetables around on his plate, and claims he’s eating them.
After two the insurance industry’s previous “voluntary efforts” to control it’s own costs:
47 million Americans — including 9.4 million children — still have no health insurance,
insurance costs outpace income eight-fold
health care costs top $8,000 per person
about half of the 1.5 million ...
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Obama: 'We are not quitters' —
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The White House has released the full text of President Obama's address to Congress this evening:
Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States:
I’ve come here tonight not only to address the ...
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