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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/25/2009
Obama messes up on health care, big time
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Really bad news on the health care front. After making the case for a public option, and doing it very well, Obama said this: "We have not drawn lines in the sand other than that reform has to control costs and that it has to provide relief to people who don't have health insurance or are [...]
Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - How to Cure Health Care
hoover.org - 6/20/2009
Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - How to Cure Health Care
— hoover.org — HEALTH CARE: How to Cure Health Care By Milton Friedman The United States spends a mind-boggling percentage... of its GDP on a health care system that virtually everyone agrees is a disaster. Is there any way out of this mess? There is—and Hoover fellow ... (more) Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - How to Cure Health Care
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Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in Health Care
nytimes.com - 6/27/2009
Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in Health Care
— nytimes.com — IN the debate over health care reform , one issue looms large: whether to have a public... option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance? President Obama has made his own preferences clear. In a letter ... (more) Economic View - The Pitfalls of the Public Option in ...
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online.wsj.com - 6/24/2009
Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan
— online.wsj.com — ROBERT B. REICH Why has health-care reform stalled in Congress? Democrats, after all, control both Houses, and... President Obama, whose popularity remains high, has made universal health care his No. 1 priority. What's more, an overwhelming majority of ... (more) Why We Need a Public Health-Care Plan

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Moon of Alabama — ... Kirkuk - AFP - Civil war ... Bomb blast at Baghdad bird market kills 72 people - Independent Bagram, the new Guantánamo - Guardian Iran's manufactured revolution - Guardian Will Iran be President Obama's Iraq? - Leveretts/Politico The Arabs’ Forlorn Envy of Iranians - Rami Khouri ECB pumps €442bn into banking system - FT - wow Obama messes up on health care, big time - Krugman Please add your links, views ...

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