Government health option fades from final health bill
Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned a government run insurance option and push for a federally regulated nationwide insurance exchange and a minimum insurer spending requirement. They seek 80 to 85 percent of premium income spent on benefits, with debates over tax on high cost plans and abortion coverage continuing as negotiations near the State of the Union.
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Senate health bill raises costs slightly but promises long term savings
Government economists say expanding coverage to 34 million more Americans would nudge costs up by less than 1 percent over a decade while reducing long term spending growth. Some Medicare savings may be optimistic, risking rollbacks. Sebelius cites slowed cost growth and stronger Medicare, as Obama touts reforms and protections taking effect sooner, with fuller changes by 2014.
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Barack Obama
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Gumby creator Art Clokey dies at 88 in California
Animator Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and the Davey and Goliath claymation duo, died in Los Osos, California, at 88 after a period of illness. He built Gumby from a USC project into a pop culture fixture and later revived the series in the 1960s and again in later decades.
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9 1 1 tapes reveal Pierce County shootout tragedy
Online national roundup details released 9 1 1 tapes from the December shootout in Washington state. Deputy Kent Mundell died after responding to a domestic call and David Crable was killed at the home. a deputy was wounded and later recovered. The report notes the gunman’s ambush and a frantic radio call.
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