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Rendell makes push on health care for uninsured (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
HARRISBURG - With three days left in the 2007-08 legislative session, Gov. Rendell is making an 11th-hour push to deliver on his promise to expand health-care coverage for the uninsured.
read moreHealth care facilities moving closer to patients (BizJournals)
Uninsured patients in emergency rooms, rising costs and glitzy advertisements depicting gourmet hospital food paint a confusing picture of a health care industry with an unclear future.
read moreElizabeth Edwards: Health care reform 'a great refuge' (USA Today)
Elizabeth Edwards said Saturday that her passion for reforming the nation's health care system has been "a great refuge" for her during the recent turmoil over her husband's extramarital affair.
read moreHealth care and the US presidential election (EurekAlert!)
( Indiana University ) Health care is playing a bigger role in this election than in any presidential contest in the past. "The combination of a sagging economy, increasing numbers of uninsured, and a disproportionately affected middle class may make this a tipping point," said Aaron Carroll, M.D, director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research and associate professor of ...
read moreVoters see Obama as the better health care choice (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has an edge over Republican John McCain on health care, according to a new nationwide poll by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
read moreObama criticizes McCain over health care (USA Today)
Democrat Barack Obama sharply criticized Republican John McCain's health care proposals Saturday, saying they could force millions of Americans to struggle to buy medical insurance.
read moreObama backers blast McCain's health care plan (The Capital Times)
After watching Sen. John McCain's polling numbers sink after the Republican presidential nominee's failed attempt to show leadership in the nation's ongoing financial crisis, Barack Obama's campaign in recent days has sought to further its advantage by going after McCain on another front: health care. Obama over the weekend blasted McCain's health care proposal as "radical," and the Obama ...
read moreJason Rosenbaum: Senator Obama: "I'm proud to join Health Care for America Now." (HuffingtonPost)
Via Politico: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has signed on to the progressive Health Care for America Now campaign's principles - a move that bolsters the...
read moreHealth Care Heats Up Presidential Race (WebMD)
With a month to go before the election, health care took center stage in the presidential campaign as Barack Obama launched a major attack on John McCain's health care plan.
read moreObama Backs Health Care For America Now (CBS News)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has signed on to the progressive Health Care for America Now campaign’s principles – a move that bolsters the clout of the nascent organization and could provide him with artillery support as he starts to pound the health-care issue on the presidential campaign trail. With the $700-billion economic recovery bill now law, Obama has turned his sights on health care. ...
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Our National Guard: Paying The Price In IraqPresident George Bush has just over six months left in office, but his Iraq deployment policies continue to put an incredible strain on not only our active-duty Armed Forces, but, with our military stretched so thin, the administration has continued to deploy tens of thousands of our troops from the National Guard -- at levels our country has not experienced since World War II.
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The emerging college affordability crisis threatens to derail the American Dream for millions of young people who either cannot afford to attend college or who are saddled with crippling debt that prevents them from furthering their education, starting a family or buying a home. This emerging crisis has not been a prominent part of the national debate, despite its long-term threat to the future of our country.
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America’s Long-Term Military Capability May Be Threatened by Iraq StrategyAmerica's ability to defend itself and, if necessary, fight a conventional war may be eroding because of military strategies in Iraq, according to a West Point historian who served two combat tours in Iraq. According to Lt. Colonel Gian Gentile, a West Point history professor who served in Iraq as an executive officer of a combat brigade in Tikrit and as commander of a battalion northwest of Baghdad, the over-emphasis on counterinsurgency as a "solution to every problem" is contributing to America "losing the ability to wage any other kind of war." After eight years of decline in military readiness, the United States can no longer afford to ignore the informed patriotism of Col. Gentile and others who speak out on America's national security needs in the 21st Century.