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Entries by James Heffernan from 09/2009

Roadblocking the Ambulance of Health Care Reform

| Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
Read More: The CORPORATION (2004), Michael Steele, Health Care, Politics News

While the right conjures up the specter of government "death panels," an estimated twenty thousand Americans are dying every year because they can't afford health insurance.

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Why Obama Should Have Been Lying

| Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
Read More: Lies, Congressman Joe Wilson, Lying, Health Care Reform Bill, President Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Rob Miller, Politics News

Handicappers who rate this episode a win for Obama overlook the fact that what the president said should have been false. If your parents are illegal, says the bill, we don't care how sick you get, or even if you die.

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How to Cut the Cost of Medicare While Improving its Quality

| Posted 09.14.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Health Care Reform, Fee-for-Service, Mayo Clinic, Atul Gawande, Patient-Centered Care, Health-Care Providers, Team Medicine, Huffington Post News

Now that the public option for health insurance has been all but jettisoned from the health care reform ship that is tacking and veering its way throu...

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