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crooksandliars.com - 3/19/2009
Obama's Plan: Health-Care 'Reform' - or Insurance Industry Preservation?
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Scenes from Obama's traveling insurance preservation healthcare forum : Yesterday, presaging what is likely to be a sharp debate within the Democratic Party in the coming months, a good share of the crowd in this liberal state - as well as about 200 protesters outside - enthusiastically ...
bostonherald.com - 3/26/2009
Deval Patrick tanks in new poll
— bostonherald.com — A wave of voter disgust at business as usual on Beacon Hill has swamped Gov. Deval Patrick... , dealing the first-term governor a devastating credibility blow that leaves his re-election hopes shaken, a new 7News poll has found. Patrick s standing with ... (more) Deval Patrick tanks in new poll

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The Real St. Patrick
markdroberts.com - 3/17/2009
The Real St. Patrick
— markdroberts.com — In my youth, St. Patrick’s Day was most of all a day to wear green. Be caught... without green and you got pinched by your friends, maybe even your teacher. (That was a long time ago, when teachers dared such things!) To my youthful self, St. Patrick seemed to be the patron saint of ... (more) The Real St. Patrick

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You only think you have insuracne
Corrente — Susie at Crooks and Liars Only the relatively healthy are happy with the present system, because the real problems begin when you actually use your insurance - and find out how little it actually covers. (Ever check out your lifetime cancer benefits?) No, people aren't really "satisfied" with their insurance - they're simply resigned to the idea that this is as good as it gets.

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