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angrybear.blogspot.com - 1/26/2009
Tom Daschle's health care book - Part I
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cross posted from STR Health Care Think Tank target="_blank" Tom Daschle's health care book - Part I Senator (retired) Tom Daschle, new Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (and health care czar!?) wrote a book in 2008 about the health care system (before he knew about this ...

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Corrente:  Daschle's book: Health care system should be run by a board like the Fed

Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/30/2009
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, to be President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy... (more) Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces ...

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More Daschle Tax Issues
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/31/2009
More Daschle Tax Issues
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News has obtained the Senate Finance Committee Report on Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which indicates that Daschle's tax problems were even more substantial than earlier reported. The ... (more) More Daschle Tax Issues

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Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
online.wsj.com - 1/31/2009
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
— online.wsj.com — Getty Images Tom Daschle, right, flanked by his wife Linda Daschle, as he testifies during his Senate Confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Jan. 8. (more) Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting

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Daschle's book: Health care system should be run by a board like the Fed
Corrente — See Angry Bear. Great idea. I guess we'll be throwing the insurance parasites a few trillion, then? With no oversight and no accountability? Read more…

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