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Salazar, McCain propose health care commission

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Group would suggest ways to 'fix' system
By Ann Imse
Rocky Mountain News
November 23, 2005

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said Tuesday he has partnered with Sen. John McCain,

Labor’s Lost Story

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By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Decades ago, Walter Reuther, the storied head of the United Auto Workers union, was taken on a

The crumbling obstacle to universal health care

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By Saul Friedman
Family & Relationships
Newsday
November 26, 2005

The unique but irrational foundation of America's employer-based health insurance system is collapsing. And nothing illustrates this more than

Blind Faith And Choice

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By Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Health Affairs
November/December 2005

Single-payer plan the only solution

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By David McLanahan
Opinion
Seattle Post Intelligence
Friday, November 18, 2005

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused the nation's attention on our country's disadvantaged. Our residents and politicians have

Health Economics 101

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By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
November 14, 2005

Several readers have asked me a good question: we rely on free markets to deliver most goods and

Part D? It wasn't supposed to help YOU

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Saul Friedman
Newsday

October 29, 2005

Long Beach widow Eula P., 81, writes that she's neither "stupid nor senile," but she still can't figure out the new prescription

Pride, Prejudice, Insurance

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By PAUL KRUGMAN
November 7, 2005
The New York Times

General Motors is reducing retirees' medical benefits. Delphi has declared bankruptcy, and will probably reduce workers' benefits as

The Deadly Doughnut

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By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
November 11, 2005

Registration for Medicare's new prescription drug benefit starts next week. Soon millions of Americans will learn that doughnuts