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Opinion: What the White House Left Out of Its 'Pre-Existing Conditions' Report
By John Merline - AOL NewsA report that says nearly half of all non-elderly Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance coverage thanks to a pre-existing condition is enough to get anyone's attention -- even when it's part of a White House political campaign to undermine the Republicans' health care reform repeal effort. But that's the finding of an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services, which concludes that "129 million people could be denied affordable coverage without health reform." That's because, the report says, between 50 million and 129 million non-elderly Americans have a ...
Opinion: Was Health Care on the Mend Before Reform?
By John Merline - AOL NewsAs the new Republican House majority gets set to vote on repealing health care reform, critics of the move say that doing so would only put the country back on its unsustainable health care path -- one characterized by runaway costs. But how accurate is that worry? The latest figures on national health spending show that, well before reform, the nation's health care system was succeeding in slowing the rate of spending growth on its own. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, national health spending climbed just 4 percent last year. The low number is attributed to the ...
Opinion: Is 'i'-Contact Killing Eye Contact?
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 20) -- 'Tis the season to experience family reunions, engagement announcements, friendship renewals and feud settlements. All of which requires one essential behavior: eye contact. But this holiday season, don't count on that. Today, eye contact is to our social kingdom what giant pandas are to the animal kingdom – endangered. Instead of real eye contact, we are becoming cozy with the illusion of "i"-contact. Just take a look at the most popular holiday gifts and you will understand: iPads and iPhones. During my last trip to Towson Mall in suburban Maryland, I watched as almost ...
What the Polls Tell Us About the Health Care Battle
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublicans and other critics of health care overhaul have seized on poll numbers reflecting public opposition and unease to accuse President Obama and congressional Democratic leaders of trying to ram through a measure that Americans don't want. But but these snapshots of public opinion aren't necessarily good indicators of how voters will feel later about the legislation and what impact it will have on next year's midterm elections, opinion experts say. ...
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