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Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: mesodude 1 week, 6 days ago in News
The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing ...
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Impact of Stimulus Will Level off Next Year »
Posted by: gunnyreef 2 weeks, 2 days ago in News
The government's economic stimulus spending has already had its biggest impact and probably won't contribute to significant growth next year, a top White ...
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Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis »
Posted by: sodakfritz 10 months ago in Political News
The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning. How did so many financial institutions crumble ...
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Harry Reid Suggests Health Care to Cost $2 Trillion »
Posted by: gunnyreef 3 weeks, 2 days ago in News
"He talked about CBO saying that there would be $54 billion saved each year if we put caps on medical malpractice and put some restrictions ...
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Congress Is Ready To Vote On Healthcare Even Though They Do Not Know The True Cost »
Posted by: gunnyreef 2 days, 6 hours ago in News
Medicare's chief actuary told The Hill that it is unclear if he will have a cost estimate in time. before a scheduled vote this ...
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Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime - 60 Minutes - CBS News »
Posted by: k9kssr 1 week, 6 days ago in News
60 Minutes on CBS News: Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime - A.G. Holder Tells 60 Minutes More Oversight Is Needed; Scammer Explains How Easy ...
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FactCheck.org: Obama's Health Care News Conference »
Posted by: Klarissa 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
With the health care debate on Capitol Hill raging on, President Barack Obama held a prime-time news conference July 22 to make his pitch for ...
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Government May Seek More Auto Givebacks »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
(DETROIT) — The Obama administration is likely to demand deeper concessions from Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. in exchange for additional federal loans, a person ...
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US has US$134.4b left in stability fund »
Posted by: rafaeldenillo 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON - The US Treasury has 134.6 billion US dollars remaining from a 700-billion-US-dollar emergency programme passed by Congress last year to stabilize the financial ...
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Senate health care bill would reduce deficit, analysis finds | McClatchy »
Posted by: ybdogsct 1 month ago in News
The Senate Finance Committee's health care overhaul effort got a boost Wednesday when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that it would cost $829 ...
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Obama unveils $75 billion mortgage relief plan »
Posted by: STONERS 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
President Barack Obama says his $75 billion plan to tackle "a crisis unlike any we've ever known" in home foreclosures is necessary to help ...
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Japan Plans Another Boost to Stimulus Spending »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 7 months ago in News
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is proving himself to be a big spender. And he, like the rest of Japan, is hoping that spending ...
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USA/GALLUP POLL - 57% don't see stimulus working »
Posted by: pc25 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON — Six months after President Obama launched a $787 billion plan to right the nation's economy, a majority of ...Read (336) | Share | Discuss (67) | Read Full Story at usatoday.com
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States consider making wealthy inmates pay for their stay in jail »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 months ago in News
A one-night stay? Ninety dollars. Need to see a doctor? Ten
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House approves $2B more for 'cash for clunkers' »
Posted by: rbiii 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Alternate Title: How government programs have a nasty habit of costing more than originally budgeted.
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