Health care industry buckles to Obama on reform pledge
The health care industry groups including America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America offer a cost cutting pledge to Obama, signaling a willingness to engage with reform. They cannot specify how to achieve two trillion dollars in savings over a decade, but the gesture signals transacting with private interests. The piece questions the impact on costs, public plans, and the political dynamics of health care reform.
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Obama tax crackdown targets overseas profits to raise 210 billion
The Knoxville News Sentinel reviews Barack Obama’s plan to raise about 210 billion by clamping down on overseas tax avoidance and evasion. It would tax deferred profits from overseas operations when repatriated, shifting leverage toward multinationals and wealthy tax evaders. The piece notes lawmakers’ role and cautions on bipartisan hurdles.
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Purge and Roe divide shake GOP with pro choice rift
Ellen Goodman weighs how abortion skews party loyalties as Cheney and Specter shift stance. She contrasts Goldwater era pro choice Republicans with today’s purge of Sen. Collins and others. The piece muses on how a Susan Struck case might have changed Roe v Wade’s arc and GOP power.
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Farrah Fawcett Privacy Battle Reveals Enquirer Links
In an NBC documentary Fawcett discusses how UCLA staff leaked her medical details to the National Enquirer prompting a privacy case. Lawanda Jackson admitted guilt to a felony violation but died of cancer in March.
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