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Jay to Ellen: I Had a 'Fever'
The TV ZoneHe feels fine.Thanks for asking. (AP) Good God, Jay: Now it's a "fever" that put you in the hospital? That officially makes Reason # 6, others including food poisoning, heat rash, attack by killer bees, adult onset of acute......Tags: Symptoms, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, NBC (tv network), Lipstick Jungle (tv program)
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Republicans ready on health, not taxes
The Swampby Mark Silva Republicans stand ready to work with President Barack Obama on health care reform, a congressman and cardiovascular surgeon says, but they are not willing to raise taxes to do it or to empower bureaucrats in the choices......Tags: Government, Employers, Health, Democratic Party, National Government
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Obama: Healthcare reform no 'luxury'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, planning a meeting at the White House on Monday with "stakeholders'' in the health care debate, also plans a midday public address on "reforming the health care system to reduce costs.'' "We cannot continue......Tags: Government, Democratic Party, Social Issues, National Government, Private Health Care
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Medicare fund dry in 8 years: Trustees
The Swampby Noam N. Levey Underscoring the urgency of the current push in Washington to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Medicare's trustees warned today that the program's biggest fund would run out of money in just eight years. The prediction -......Tags: Government, Health, Economic Policy, Social Security, National Government
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Health care savings: Fueling reform
The Swampby Noam Levey and Mark Silva President Barack Obama, joined by an array of groups pledging to cut the cost of health care, said today that the commitment that insurers, hospitals, doctors and others have made to saving money will......Tags: Government, Employers, Democratic Party, Social Issues, National Government
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Obama: Healthcare reform now or never
The Swampby Mark Silva at 1:55 pm and updated at 8:20 pm EDT The word from Air Force One, returning today from a West Coast party fundraising event, was that President Barack Obama put out an airborne telephone call to a......Tags: Government, Social Issues, National Government, Private Health Care, Lisa Smith
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Obama: Healthcare costs must be cut
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to......Tags: Texas, Bankruptcy, Symptoms, Nightline (tv program), Social Issues
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Smoking regulation arrives today
The Swampby Mark Silva Tobacco will be regulated as a drug, under a bill that President Barack Obama plans to sign this afternoon in the Rose Garden. The long-sought legislation gives the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.......Tags: Government, Indiana, Health, Steve Buyer, National Government
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Obama: 'Appalled' at Iranian violence
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Peter Nicholas President Obama today condemned the ongoing government crackdown on Iranian demonstrators, using his strongest language yet, but declined to spell out consequences for the violence, saying there is still time for...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Government, Democratic Party, Health, Social Issues
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Obama: Healthcare 'urgent,' no 'Waterloo'
The Swampby Mark Silva and Christi Parsons President Barack Obama, calling the need for healthcare reform "urgent'' and "indisputable,'' said today that it is not his own political fortune which is at stake, but rather the health of the nation's economy.......Tags: Government, Polls, Health, National Government, Private Health Care
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Obama's healthcare 'experiment:' RNC
The Swampby Mark Silva "In America, we don't allow one man to roll the dice with our entire nation,'' says Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is talking about President Barack Obama. And his "dicey'' healthcare reform. "We......Tags: Government, Health, Republican Party, National Government, Barack Obama
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Obama's healthcare bid: Personal now
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Noam N. Levey President Obama is becoming more personally invested in rallying the public and Congress behind a healthcare overhaul, even as some Republicans raise the stakes in the debate by claiming that defeating his plan......Tags: Government, Bill Clinton, Health, Democratic Party, Ben Nelson
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