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For Major Health Industry Players, Reform's Positives Outweigh …

“Everyone has been nicked a little bit, but they are all flesh wounds,” said Nancy Chockley, president of the National Institute for Health Care Management, a nonpartisan health policy research organization funded by Blue Cross and Blue …

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For Major Health Industry Players, Reform's Positives Outweigh …

t r u t h o u t | The Prognosis for Health Reform

The Senate is still pondering the differing versions from the Finance and Health committees. Senate leadership will likely name one of those the main bill and the other a “substitute,” which can be voted on an amendment

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t r u t h o u t | The Prognosis for Health Reform

Legislators don't need education in Pakistan | The Pakistani Spectator

ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday to do away with the condition of bachelor’s degree for candidates for the Senate and the national.

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Legislators don't need education in Pakistan | The Pakistani Spectator

RealClearPolitics – HorseRaceBlog – Health Care: Five Political …

As Congress heads into recess, it is a good time to evaluate its efforts in enacting health care reform. My opinion is that the leadership and the President have committed some significant blunders. While a bill is still quite possible, …

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RealClearPolitics – HorseRaceBlog – Health Care: Five Political …

Congress Slashes Obama's Energy Education Program in Energy and …

These slim-to-none appropriations demonstrate a serious lack of consideration for clean tech research and education – both crucial factors in the effort to transition to a clean energy economy and maintain leadership in the clean tech …

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Breakthrough: Senate Rejects Obama's Energy Education Program

Notably absent, however, is any funding for RE-ENERGYSE (REgaining our ENERGY Science and Engineering Edge), Obama’s proposed initiative to close the energy education gap by preparing young Americans to compete in the race for clean …

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Breakthrough: Senate Rejects Obama's Energy Education Program

Bad News Day For Obama : Stop The ACLU

Michael Enzi, R-Wyoming, dropped the bombshell news to CNN and two other reporters in Capitol hallways Wednesday night. They have spent weeks behind closed doors, trying to hammer out an agreement with their Democratic counterparts on …

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The Note: Intramurals — Health Care Progress Pits Dems vs. Dems …

President Obama can (and will) blame Republicans, but the health care debate is being defined by Democrats’ fights with their fellow Democrats — and the only bipartisan action left in Congress is on track to only make those splits …

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The Note: Intramurals — Health Care Progress Pits Dems vs. Dems …

t r u t h o u t | Sources: Bipartisan Group Omitting Dem Health Goals

Washington – After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance …

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