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The Botax? Nip/Tuck Levy To Help Health Plan
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The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Senate nears first healthcare voteEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax hikes before the first crucial test vote on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Senate Bill Draws Immediate Reactions From GOP, Interest GroupsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Republicans quickly rebuked Senate Democrats' health overhaul bill after its release last night, Roll Call reports. They said it would result in higher insurance premiums, tax hikes, and Medicare cuts, and complained that it was drafted behind closed doors, and that they have not yet had a chance to read it. "It is my hope that Sen. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Tax on Rich, Levies Stir Health DebateEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Senate health bill does without a new surtax on the wealthy that House Democrats' legislation includes, but Senate Democrats have their own taxes that are stirring controversy. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
Republicans Blast 'Bait And Switch' Health BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Senate nears first healthcare voteEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax hikes before the first crucial test vote on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
U.S. Senate eyes first healthcare voteEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats geared up for a lengthy battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's cost and taxes ahead of the first key vote on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Senate eyes first healthcare voteEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats geared up for a lengthy battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's cost and taxes ahead of the first key vote on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
ObamaCare: A Glimmer Of Hope For Cost ControlEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Senate's tax on Cadillac plans could save billions. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 19, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Reid Releases Senate Health Reform Bill, Includes Tax on Wealthy AmericansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kaiser Health News article reports that Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal on Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining landmark legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Opinions: Fighting TB; Currency Transaction TaxEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers … few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention. … It's time to bring TB research into the 21st century," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, writes in an (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Opinions: Fighting TB; Currency Transaction TaxEmail this article to a colleague.
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Innovation, Coordination Needed To 'Bring TB Research Into The 21st Century' Though tuberculosis "is one of the world's leading killers … few citizens, scientists and policymakers are demanding more attention to TB research, treatment and prevention. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: news
Effect Of Abortion Restrictions In Health Bill May Be Less Than Advocates FearEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite widespread debate, abortion restrictions in the House health reform bill could affect only a small number of women. Meanwhile, Catholic bishops weigh into the debate and abortion rights group plan a rally to contest the restrictions. The Wall Street Journal reports that the restrictions were included "to ensure that no taxpayer dollars fund abortion. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
AP POLL: How To Pay For Health Overhaul? Tax RichEmail this article to a colleague.
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Americans don't want to shoulder the cost of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul themselves. They think the rich should pay for it. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Majority Back Taxing Rich to Fund Health Care Reform, AP Poll ShowsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A tax on upper-income Americans was the only approach to paying for a health care overhaul that got majority support in an AP poll. (Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care)
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - November 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: info
Poll Says Tax Rich To Pay For Health BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Poll: Tax The Rich To Pay For Health ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping remake of the U.S. medical system, which passed earlier this month and would extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
AP POLL: Tax The Rich To Pay For Health BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Poll: Tax Rich To Pay For Health BillEmail this article to a colleague.
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When it comes to paying for health overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
2009 Report: False Medicare Claims Cost Government More Than $47 BillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Associated Press: "The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Tobacco Execs Quickly Find Big Tax LoopholeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tobacco companies quickly adapted to new laws -- with a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions dollars in taxes each year. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study saysEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Medical marijuana can be taxed, says Colorado attorney general SuthersEmail this article to a colleague.
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As countless medical-marijuana dispensaries proliferate throughout the state, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Monday said “yes” to the question of taxing pot. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Medical marijuana can be taxed, says Colorado Attorney General SuthersEmail this article to a colleague.
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As countless medical-marijuana dispensaries proliferate throughout the state, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Monday said “yes” to the question of taxing pot. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 17, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals
Response: The European emissions trading scheme is now a successEmail this article to a colleague.
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It was not the market that failed, but the policies that governed how it workedYour article is profoundly disheartening (Carbon trading is useless, says Friends of the Earth report, 5 November). Instead of adding political pressure to commit to emissions reduction targets, FoE criticises carbon markets and investors, who are working to make this common goal a reality.You report: "FoE says that to date cap-and-trade carbon markets have done almost nothing to reduce emissions… [and are] unfit for purpose." They are misinformed. Markets do not reduce emissions and were not created for that purpose. Technology, energy effici...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 17, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Alexandra Galin Tags: Emissions trading Carbon offsetting Carbon footprints Environment Climate change Science Business Green politics UK news World news The Guardian Comment Source Type: news
Oncology on Canvas 2010 CompetitionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Official Rules and Regulations
(1) EligibilityNo purchase is necessary to enter or win. A contest applicant must be: 18 years of age or older; a resident of the United States or Puerto Rico; and a person diagnosed with any type of cancer, or a family member, friend, caregiver or healthcare provider of a person diagnosed with cancer.Employees, officers, subsidiaries of Lilly and NCCS, as well as those with a contractual relationship with Lilly and/or NCCS, their family members and persons living in their household, are not eligible to participate in the competition.Healthcare professionals or government officials who wish ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Lilly USA, LLC Source Type: funding
Phosphorylation regulates human T-cell leukemia
virus type 1 Rex functionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion:
We have mapped completely the site-specific phosphorylation of Rex-1 identifying a total of seven residues; Thr-22, Ser-36, Thr-37, Ser-70, Ser-97, Ser-106, and Thr-174. Overall, this work is the first to completely map the phosphorylation sites in Rex-1 and provides important insight into the regulation of Rex-1 function. (Source: Retrovirology)
Source: Retrovirology - November 17, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: Matthew KesicRami DoueiriMichael WardO. SemmesPatrick Green Source Type: journals
Outlaw Alcohol Sports Sponsorships, Researchers SayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Governments should ban alcoholic-beverage firms from sponsoring sports teams and sporting events, which could instead be supported by taxes on alcohol products, according to researchers. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News - November 16, 2009 Category: Addiction Source Type: news
Free Land the Key to Small Towns' Growth?Email this article to a colleague.
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Des Moines Register, (IA) article via Center for Rural Affairs tells how the small town of Manilla, Iowa, offers free land and suspends property taxes for five years for those who build a home in their developments, a throwback to how plains states were homesteaded in the 1800s. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 16, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Split-Off of Mead JohnsonEmail this article to a colleague.
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Completes Major Phase in
Company's BioPharma Transformation
Provides Bristol-Myers Squibb
Shareholders an Option for a Tax-Free Exchange
Expected to be Accretive to
EPS Beginning in 2010
Reflects Strength and
Sustainability of BioPharma... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 16, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Senate Aides: Reid Considering Medicare Payroll Tax Increase On WealthyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pondering a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax on high earners "to help offset the costs of providing health insurance to millions of Americans, Senate aides said Thursday," The New York Times reports. The proposal is in the health reform package that Reid has sent to the Congressional Budget Office for analysis. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news
Health care expert urges higher taxes for reformEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of the country’s most respected health care economists urged Colorado business leaders to support raising taxes to help cover as many as 834,000 uninsured Coloradans and reduce the amount of uncompensated medical services that drive up insurance premiums for businesses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Health care expert urges higher taxes for reformEmail this article to a colleague.
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One of the country’s most respected health care economists urged Colorado business leaders to support raising taxes to help cover as many as 834,000 uninsured Coloradans and reduce the amount of uncompensated medical services that drive up insurance premiums for businesses. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals
Alcohol-related motor vehicle accident fatality: Wisconsin rural-urban trends and observations. - Baeseman ZJ.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study was designed to asses... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 15, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: info
Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time and energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the "exchange" or "gateway." (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reforms Source Type: news
Gov't: Medicare Paid $47 B In Suspect ClaimsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
Insurance exchange may have loopholeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Insurance exchange may have loophole Source Type: news
The Namibian conservation safari that keeps both animals and tourists happyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sleeping under the stars, meeting villagers and monitoring wildlife on foot ... this Namibian conservation project gives a glimpse of an Africa rarely seen on safariAfter dark we sit around the campfire listening to the sounds of the Namibian bush. An owl calls, then comes the pulsating thrum of a nightjar, plus all the insects and the unidentifiable rustlings of the leaf litter. In this dry season the mopane trees are almost leafless, but occasional flashes of lightning promise rain. Our guides, François de Wet and Neil Bone, are reminiscing about bush camps and the time their friend Dave got dragged away inside his slee...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 14, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Kevin Rushby Tags: Namibia Safaris Africa Green travel Animal behaviour Animal research Animal welfare The Guardian Features Source Type: news
Health insurers could bypass some key reformsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody wants to spend a lot of time, energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up back where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the so-called exchange or gateway. (Source: Wash Post Health)
Source: Wash Post Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David S. Hilzenrath Tags: Health insurers could bypass some key reforms Source Type: news
Trimeris profit sliced in halfEmail this article to a colleague.
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A drop in sales and an increase in taxes drove down Trimeris Inc.’s quarterly net income by nearly $2 million, the Morrisville-based company said after markets closed Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
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A drop in sales and an increase in taxes drove down Trimeris Inc.’s quarterly net income by nearly $2 million, the Morrisville-based company said after markets closed Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 13, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals
How the Medicare 'Doc Fix' Would Add to the Long-Term Medicare DebtEmail this article to a colleague.
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The House will soon take up legislation to "fix" the Medicare physician payment update formula. The likely result: huge new costs on taxpayers. (Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care)
Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - November 13, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: The Heritage Foundation - Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving Tags: Health Care Source Type: info
How the mighty have fallenEmail this article to a colleague.
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In 1999, when the National Academy of Engineering asked professional engineering societies to rank the top achievements of the 20th century, they ranked medical imaging techniques at number 14, one rung below the Internet and one above household appliances. A decade later the providers of imaging services and the companies that sell this equipment are scapegoats targeted for rate cutting and taxation. What happened? (Source: Diagnostic Imaging)
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - November 13, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info
Social vaccines to resist and change unhealthy social and economic structures: a useful metaphor for health promotionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The term ‘social vaccine’ is designed to encourage the biomedically orientated health sector to recognize the legitimacy of action on the distal social and economic determinants of health. It is proposed as a term to assist the health promotion movement in arguing for a social view of health which is so often counter to medical and popular conceptions of health. The idea of a social vaccine builds on a long tradition in social medicine as well as on a biomedical tradition of preventing illness through vaccines that protect against disease. Social vaccines would be promoted as a means to encourage popular mobili...
Source: Health Promotion International - November 13, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baum, F., Narayan, R., Sanders, D., Patel, V., Quizhpe, A. Tags: DEBATE Source Type: journals
Should climate deniers be allowed to speak on the Today programme? | George MonbiotEmail this article to a colleague.
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Had the BBC done its research, Ian Plimer's falsehoods would not been allowed to pass unchallengedShould the Today programme have interviewed Ian Plimer yesterday? According to many environmentalists, it shouldn't. Here, for example, is the Green party councillor Rupert Read:"I literally could not believe my ears when I heard you giving an entire interview this morning (at 8.53) to the fringe Australian geologist still questioning man-made global over-heating, at this crucial time, when 1) it is now utterly obvious and everywhere accepted by atmospheric scientists that humans are responsible for the dire and continual upwa...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2009 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: Climate change scepticism Environment BBC Media Television & radio Radio 4 Science guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news
Timeline, Vote Counting Continue To Be Central To Senate Health OverhaulEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Associated Press reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering higher payroll taxes on "upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation." Officials "said one of the options Reid has had under review would raise the payroll tax that goes to Medicare, but only on income above $250,000 a year. Current law sets the tax at 1. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Timeline, Vote Counting Continue To Be Central To Senate Health OverhaulEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Associated Press reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering higher payroll taxes on "upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation." Officials "said one of the options Reid has had under review would raise the payroll tax that goes to Medicare, but only on income above $250,000 a year. Current law sets the tax at 1. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Reid Mulls Medicare Tax Increase for High EarnersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Acting in secret, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, put together a package that includes tax increases on the wealthy to finance health plans. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 13, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization taxation Medicine and Health Law and Legislation Income Inequality Congressional Budget Office Reid, Harry Source Type: news
Sen. Reid Weighs Rise in Medicare TaxEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a proposal to raise Medicare payroll taxes on couples who make more than $250,000 a year. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
