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Obama's 'public option:' Alive, well...
The Swampby Noam Levey and Janet Hook Despite months of outward ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan, the Obama White House has launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea......Tags: Health, Government, Health Insurance, Washington (U.S. state), Consumers
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White House vs FOX News: War in review
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated After a week at "war'' with the FOX News Channel, the White House maintained today that it really isn't too concerned about what FOX says about the administration - and also gave new, high-level......Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Rahm Emanuel, Advanced Training, Stock Activities, Hewitt Associates
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Health-care fight: Obama vs. insurers
The Swampby Mark Silva A full-bore fight is on to the finish: With a frontal assault on the insurance industry for sponsoring "misleading'' information, President Barack Obama today calls the passage of health-insurance reform "the great test'' of the "change''...Tags: Health, Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Office Equipment and Supplies, Health Insurance
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Durbin blasts FDA's veggie mix-up
The Swampby Christi Parsons Before you breathe a sigh of relief that the real culprit of the summer salmonella outbreak has been found, consider this critique from Sen. Dick Durbin. It took three months for the FDA to figure out the......Tags: Health, Food Industry, Dick Durbin
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Barack Obama: A progressive view
The Swampby Katie Fretland When Sen. Barack Obama takes the stage to accept the Democratic nomination for president as planned this month in Denver, don't be fooled into thinking that hard work is not needed for the Illinois senator to go......Tags: Health, National Government, Illinois, Government, Political Candidates
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Michelle Obama: 'Nothing cynical about it'
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER --- Michelle Obama, wife of the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, says: "I know Barack better than anybody.'' As she prepares to take the stage on the opening night of the party's convention, the candidate's wife......Tags: National Government, Health, Government, Joe Biden, Beverage Industry
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Mystery meat and other food hazards
Dining@LargeGreat. As if I didn't worry enough about food-borne illnesses because of my job, consumer blogger and reporter Liz Kay has sent me a link to BarfBlog, 'Musings from the International Food Safety Network.'It sounds a little nutty, but it's......Tags: Health
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Hurricane Ike: Feds outline preparations
The Swampby Frank James The Feds have issued a press release outlining the preparations they've made for Hurricane Ike. The release has some useful information. For instance, there are more than 1,000 high-water vehicles at the ready to conduct search-and-rescue.....Tags: North Carolina, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Government Health Care
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Health care: Right or responsibility? Either way, it???s broken
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsLast night???s debate didn???t do much for me. Most talking points were a repeat of the first debate (what, they think we voters don???t have the attention span to watch every one of these things?) and the lack of specificity......Tags: Health, Insurance, Retirement, Death, Private Health Care
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, October 18. President Bush is speaking on the economy to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Commerce Department is releasing its housing starts report for September. Health......Tags: Health, George W. Bush, Land Price
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Wednesday's Ten: Targeting Pennsylvania
Spin CycleMcCain targets Pennsylvania, sensing fertile ground and having few alternatives to victory despite trailing by double digits in some polls of the state's voters. But he's scaling back his ad buys in Colorado, NH and other states to finance......Tags: Washington Post Co., Health, Tim Bishop, Steve Israel, Alaska
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Massachusetts meltdown: Blame game
The Swampby Mark Silva "Don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts.'' For years, that was the bumper-sticker boast of the Bay State, the only state that voted for Democrat George McGovern for president in 1972, the year when Richard Nixon was swept......Tags: Health, Health Care Reform (2009), Washington (U.S. state), U.S. Presidential Election Early Voting (2008), Republican Party
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