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The situation – A conversation with a friend, who is a self-proclaimed political pundit The timing – Approximately a month ago, but it was before Congress passed the health care bill My Series of Predictions The Democrats will pass a health care bill. Republicans will campaign to repeal it. Republicans will gain control of Congress [...]

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Discussions about health insurance reform continue through newspapers, blogs, news, and radio/TV talk shows – even a few sensible ones. Meanwhile, as President Obama is attempting to push the process forward, it’s time for a look by a voice of reason. Point 1: At first, I saw President Obama making his insurance plan public before [...]

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As Democrats unsuccessfully ramming their health insurance plan through and while Republicans remained obstinate to changes, the situation of citizens remains the same: people with pre-existing conditions cannot get coverage, people using health insurance still face rising premiums, many employers continue to shift more health insurance responsibility to employees, and many people are lack employment. [...]

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With the Massachusetts special election for senator upon us, it seems appropriate to write about health insurance. Anyone thinking that Congress has the intestinal fortitude and wisdom to create meaningful health insurance reform would be a combination of dreaming and brainless bliss. Anyone thinking that the Republican Party was capable of such an act clearly [...]

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On a Longer School Year President Obama and others want to lengthen the school year by 40 days. Although I favor such a move as part of educational reform, let me pose these questions. Should the Feds mandate something that is primarily controlled by state and local entities? How much the public and the travel [...]

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