truthdig.com - 4/2/2009
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Sadly, we have developed a system that rewards procedures over primary care. The incentives tip toward the kind of medicine that is performed with hands, tools and technology over the medicine that is practiced with eyes, ears and mind.
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online.wsj.com - 3/27/2009
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Praise Mitt Romney. Three years ago, the former
Massachusetts Governor had the inadvertent good sense to create...
the "universal" health-care program that the White House and Congress now want to inflict on the entire country. It is proving to be ...
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Massachusetts's Health-Care Program Offers a Preview ...
washingtonpost.com - 3/28/2009
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the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Support Growing for Major Changes to Health-Care System
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Putting the ‘Care’ in Health Care
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Digest for April 1st through April 2nd
The Republic of T. —
Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for April 1st through April 2nd:
Editorial: The Forgotten Rich -
Op-Ed Columnist: At Stake Are More Than Banks -
Homelessness must be given top priority -
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Only A Loser Would Want Someone To Fail -
Close These Refuges for Scoundrels -
Putting the ‘Care’ in Health Care -
Ian Welsh: The Personal Politics of Hopelessness -
Barney: GOP suffers ...
Are You A Pre-existing Condition?
The Republic of T. —
... So when you come right down to it, as Ellen Goodman wrote, we all share a common pre-existing condition called “being human.” ...
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Obama gives Queen an iPod —
CNN Political Ticker 4/2/2009
(CNN) — What's the proper gift to present Queen Elizabeth II with at Buckingham Palace?
A video iPod, apparently.
According to a White House aide, President Obama Tuesday night presented the Queen with the popular Apple device — reportedly ...
Romney: Obama 'will not always be wrong' —
CNN Political Ticker 4/2/2009
Romney is a possible 2012 contender.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is “keeping active politically,” according to an aide, and on Wednesday his busy travel schedule brought him to Washington to help raise money for ...
First 100 days: News from the G-20 —
First Read 4/2/2009
Here is what has already happened today: "President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart agreed Thursday on the need for a 'stern, united' international response if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, as Obama juggled ...
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