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The Massachusetts healthcare programme widely seen as a test case for universal health coverage in the US faces mounting opposition from doctors who say the reform is failing. More than 250 physicians in the state have signed an open letter warning that the healthcare plan, which was signed into law in April 2006 by Mitt Romney, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, is “already proving fiscally unsustainable”. Are you in favor of a National ID card?
Posted by bruni
on August 14, 2008
Then again, we’re Americans so our opinion doesn’t matter. I support it, if it’s opt in, which it’s not, so I don’t. really thats a very dim view to take McCain providing rewards for people that use his copypasta the most…
Posted by bruni
on August 13, 2008
what sort of brain dead 1984 corporate bullshit is this?
is this really what the founding fathers had in mind when they spoke of a free press? $0.01 per post Wall Street Journal: Is Obama too skinny to be president?
Posted by bruni
on August 08, 2008
Too Fit to Be President? Facing an Overweight Electorate, Barack Obama Might Find Low Body Fat a Drawback By AMY CHOZICK August 1, 2008; Page W1 Speaking to donors at a San Diego fund-raiser last month, Barack Obama reassured the crowd that he wouldn’t give in to Republican tactics to throw his candidacy off track. “Listen, I’m skinny but I’m tough,” Sen. Obama said. But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama’s skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them. The candidate has been criticized by opponents for appearing elitist or out of touch with average Americans. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted in July shows Sen. Obama still lags behind Republican John McCain among white men and suburban women who say they can’t relate to his background or perceived values. “He’s too new … and he needs to put some meat on his bones,” says Diana Koenig, 42, a housewife in Corpus Christi, Texas, who says she voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. “I won’t vote for any beanpole guy,” another Clinton supporter wrote last week on a Yahoo politics message board. Continue reading… |
Doctors oppose US health plan
Posted by bruni
on August 18, 2008