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Obama: AARP-ready, but no socialism
The Swampby Mark Silva "I think I'm scheduled to get my AARP card in a couple of years?'' President Barack Obama asked today. "Anytime you want one,'' the organization told him. "Platinum.'' The stage was set at AARP, the powerful Washington-based......Tags: Barack Obama, Health, Getty Images Inc., Healthcare Policies, Medicare
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Healthcare: Democrats walk fine line
The Swampby Janet Hook Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them......Tags: Democratic Party, Private Health Care, Laws, Medicare, Government
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Healthcare protests: Staged opposition
The Swampby Janet Hook An effigy of Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr. was hung outside his office on the eastern shore of Maryland. Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin was shouted down by angry constituents. Rep. Timothy H. Bishop of New York had......Tags: Democratic Party, George W. Bush, Laws, Government, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Health care, debt and taxes: GOP
The Swampby Mark Silva Debt and taxes. That's what Americans stand to get from the health-care reform that Democrars are pressing, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson says in his party's weekly address. "Americans have been calling us and e-mailing us,'' the senator......Tags: Democratic Party, Medicare, Government, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Health Insurance
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AARP backs House's health-care bill
The Swampby Noam N. Levey As House Democrats prepare to vote Saturday on a sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, they picked up an important endrosment this morning from the 40-million member AARP, the nation's largest senior citizens group.......Tags: American Medical Association, Democratic Party, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Medicare, Government
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Obama seeks 'accelerating' job-growth
The Swampby Mark Silva On the heels of the best employment report of the year -- albeit one with continuing job losses -- President Barack Obama says additional steps will be needed to help a reviving economy produce more new jobs......Tags: Mammogram, Football, Laws, Government, Breast Cancer
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A call to alms -- Walk for cancer, supplies for soldiers
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsFor those in a giving mood, wanted to start the week by letting you know about two opportunities that have come across my inbox -- a charity walk to help a sick 9-year-old girl in Dania Beach on Saturday and......Tags: U.S. Military, Dania Beach, Pompano Beach, Cancer, Wars and Interventions
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Obama: 'Eternal optimist'
The Swampby Mark Silva It had been more than six months since President Barack Obama held a formal news conference, and, although his surprise appearance in the press briefing room of the West Wing today isn't what would normally pass for......Tags: Business Enterprises, Wages and Pensions, Mitch McConnell, Moving and Storage, Consumer Confidence
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Joe Biden: 'Two-state solution' for D.C.
The Swampby Mark Silva Vice President Joe Biden, who has served under eight presidents, for more than three decades in the U.S. Senate and now with the president, concedes that he has no expectation of achieving the sort of bipartisanship that......Tags: CNN (tv network), Democratic Party, Medicaid, Weaponry, National Security
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Obama's new healthcare plan: Controls
The Swampby Noam N. Levey and updated with reaction Four days before his planned health summit with congressional leaders, President Barack Obama this morning unveiled his proposal to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, building on the gargantuan...Tags: Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Laws, Medicare
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Rahm Emanuel: 'Mayor of Chicago'
The Swampby Mark Silva Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff and former congressman from Chicago, has made it clear to friends that he'd like to run for mayor of Chicago. But tonight, he made it really clear, publicly, that......Tags: Office Equipment and Supplies, Christopher Dodd, Rush Limbaugh, National Security, Weaponry
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Children's hospitals come together, finally
Memo to the skeptics: Orlando appears to be supporting three children's hospitals just fine, thank you very much. Ask Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas. Or Ashley Greene of "Twilight" fame. Jameer Nelson or Johnny Damon could tell you. Shaq even made a...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Ashley Greene, Social Issues, Mark NeJame, Johnny Damon
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