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Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5 2010

BY Chad Levin
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Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week. READ»

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Small business insurance and the public option

BY Sandra Cohen
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Small business owners, like the country at large, are also seemingly divided on health care reform.READ»

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Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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Senate The long-awaited cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform proposal, “America’s Healthy Future Act,” was released this week by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).READ»

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Ohio Health Insurance Reform Information

BY ED HARRIS
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Ohio health insurance reform information. View the latest changes and information regarding Ohio health care reform.READ»

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The Status of the Stimulus Plan (2)

BY Laurence Shatkin
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In mid-June, I posted a blog entry about the status of the stimulus plan, which I have been following closely ever since writing a book about it (Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan). I rushed out this book before the ...READ»

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Health Insurance Exchange Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), may just reach his goal of getting a health care reform package approved by the Senate by ChristmasREAD»

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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 9/11/09

BY Chad Levin
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Lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a heated August recess to continue to negotiate health care reform. Americans remain sharply divided on legislation: In a Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 39% of those polled say they would direct their member of Congress to vote against a health care reform bill this fall, while 37% want their member to vote in favor of a health care reform bill.READ»

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Help for First-Time Homebuyers

BY D Marinov
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First-time homebuyers can now take advantage of a tax credit thanks to the new Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The credit is available for homes purchased between April 9, 2008 and July 1, 2009. The maximum amount allowed ...READ»

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Welfare-to-Work and the Stimulus

BY Laurence Shatkin
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I have been paying more attention to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 than to most legislation, largely because it is the focus of my latest book, Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan. As the title ...READ»

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Another Stimulus Package? Give Me a Break

BY Shelley Moore
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Democrats, now backed by Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, are calling for a second stimulus package which could cost as much as $300 billion. To clarify, that’s $300 billion on top of the $168 billion stimulus passed last ...READ»

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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME 8/28/09

BY Chad Levin
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This Week in Health Care Reform This week, Sen. Ted Kennedy, longtime champion of universal health coverage, died at age 77. It remains to be seen how his death will affect the debate over health care reform as Democrats continue efforts without his guidance. Sen. Kennedy READ»

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This Week in Health Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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Less than two weeks after the debut of official legislative language, the Senate began official debate on its $848 billion health care reform billREAD»

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Why Congress Should Craft an Innovation-Based Economic Stimulus Package

BY Robert Atkinson
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As talk of a possible recession grows, so too does consideration of a second economic fiscal stimulus package. Indeed, House Speaker Pelosi has spoken of the need for a stimulus package potentially as high as $300 billion in order ...READ»

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FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

BY Clay Dillow
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Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

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Another Pillar of the Economy

BY Laurence Shatkin
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Today marks 100 days of the Obama administration, so I’m going to join the media pack and make a few comments on what we can learn, specifically about careers, from what has happened so far. You might think that the most ...READ»

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Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

BY Chad Levin
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No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

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This Week in Health Insurance Quotes Reform : EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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While still technically in recess, members of Congress trickled back to Washington, D.C. this week to get a jump start on reconciling the health care reform bills passed by the House and Senate last year.READ»

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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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This Week in Health Care ReformREAD»

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Green Thieves Launch Cap and Trade Scam

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Cap-and-trade systems aren't just a burgeoning part of the new energy economy. They're a burgeoning chunk of thief bait. Last week, Hackers sent fake emails from the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) to companies in New ...READ»

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This Week in Health Insurance Reform--Federal Legislative Overview

BY Chad Levin
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House and Senate Democratic leaders remain at an impasse on merging their respective health care reform bills.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Obama Says "I Inherited This Mess" With a Chart [WITH WAR OF THE INFOGRAPHICS UPDATE!]

BY Jesse Ashlock
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A chart marking the first anniversary of the stimulus package makes a case for the Obama administration's effectiveness at saving jobs. READ»

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Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza

BY David York
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A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in.READ»

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Health Insurance Quotes Reform Obamacare & Buying Individual Health Insurance

BY Chad Levin
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Following the election of Republican Scott Brown to the Massachusetts State Senate last week and the resulting loss of Senate Democrats' supermajority, lawmakers continue to pave the way for health care reform - with limited progress. In addition, polls indicate that the public would rather lawmakers focus more on the economy than on health care.READ»

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WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE by Matt Taibbi - William M. Keever

BY William M. Keever
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WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash, BY MATT TAIBBI READ»

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WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE - Dugg by William M. Keever

BY William M. Keever
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WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash BY MATT TAIBBI William M. Keever READ»

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