Topic: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Bestselling books the week of 4/8/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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5 steps to bipartisan cuts in Medicare – and the deficit
Medicare is the single greatest contributor to long-term deficits. If Democrats and Republicans cooperate on waste-cutting ideas – many of which are backed by President Obama – both parties stand to gain. Here are five ways Congress should act.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/10/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America?
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Four job trends for 2013
With unemployment still high, many Americans are looking to find a job, change careers, or update their skills. Here are four trends for 2013 that can help you make smart career moves.
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'Obamacare' tackles health care costs. Will Congress?
The president's health care reform plan includes tools to restrain rising health-care costs, but they may not survive future political battles.
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Republicans' post-Election 2010 challenge: managing expectations
Republican strategists urge party supporters to show 'maturity, sobriety, and patience,' and not to push for too much, too fast from an anticipated GOP majority in the House.
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The Monitor's View: After the midterm elections, who will drive bipartisanship?
That question was raised at a 'meetup' of Monitor writers and readers last week. The answers were surprising.
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Rand Paul slams Obama's health care overhaul and Wall Street regulation
In a debate with opponent Jack Conway, Senate candidate Rand Paul blasted Obama's overhaul of health care and Wall Street regulation.
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Obama on 'MythBusters': Will he get to blow something up?
With President Obama on Mythbusters in December, the show will revisit a popular myth about the 'Archimedes death ray.'
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Harry Reid, Sharron Angle debate: How could an hour go on that long?
Senate majority leader Harry Reid is in the fight of his long political life. Republican challenger Angle is one of the most prominent tea party-backed insurgents. But their debate Thursday was ... a letdown.
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Democratic chairman 'not wild' about Joe Manchin for Senate ad
Senate candidate Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democrat, denigrated 'Obamacare' and shot a hole in the cap-and-trade bill. Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine was not impressed.
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Lincoln, Boozman face off in 2nd Arkansas Senate debate
Incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln said Wednesday she's not an automatic vote for the Democratic leadership in Washington, while GOP challenger Rep. John Boozman tried to link her to the President and his policies.
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Christine O'Donnell asks voters to forget past remarks on religious, social issues
Delaware Republican hopeful Christine O'Donnell dismissed past comments she made on religious and social issues during a debate with opponent Chris Coons, Wednesday, saying they're not relevant to the campaign.
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'Dead aim' ad: Rifle-toting Senate hopeful blasts hole in cap-and-trade
Joe Manchin is a Democrat from West Virginia running for Senate, but in his new 'dead aim' ad, he takes on the White House, Obamacare, and cap-and-trade. It's an indication of how the traditionally Democratic state might be turning red. The seat is crucial to GOP Senate takeover aims.
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Highlights from Brown, Whitman debate for California governor
In their second face-to-face debate, Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown covered a range of issues, including immigration, health care, and education. The race is too close to call.
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Kathleen Sebelius sees 'dangerous' flow of anonymous campaign cash
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she has seen dozens of political ads paid for by generic-sounding organizations with anonymous money.
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Lawsuits to undo key parts of health-care law move forward, so far
Challenges to the new health-care law have met with some sympathy in court. Twenty-one states argue it's unconstitutional to require individuals to buy health insurance, as the law requires. Here's a guide to the cases.
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Obama touts new patient protections in health-care reform
Several patients' rights provisions of the new health-care reform law go into effect Thursday. President Obama is still working to sell the American public on the merits of the reforms.
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Sen. Jim DeMint and 'tea party': architects of a GOP makeover?
Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has embraced the tea party movement more enthusiastically than most of his GOP congressional colleagues. Critics say he's hurting more than he's helping.
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New Deal's legacy responsible for today's economy?
As the economy created by government entitlement programs collapses, economists of the Austrian school should speak out.
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Can social conservatives join up with the 'tea party'?
At the Values Voter Summit this weekend, traditional social conservatives hope to tap into tea party fervor. Some GOP presidential hopefuls are there to show their stuff for a straw poll.
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Should health-care reform be repealed?
Many Republicans want to repeal the health-care legislation President Obama and Democrats passed earlier this year.
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Monitor breakfast: Tea Party activists Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe talk next steps
After the campaigning, the governing. But will legislating split apart the Tea Party? Followers disagree on social issues such as abortion, admit Armey and Kibbe. But Tea Party enthusiasts unite on this: The government spends way too much.
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Opinion: Health-care reform: Why I'm suing to get back my freedom
A small-business owner and former Iraq war combat medic explains why he's challenging the new health-care law's requirement that everyone buy insurance.
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Will the 'Tea Party' take over Congress?
The tea party movement is clearly having major impact on the midterm elections – putting a significant number of more conventional Republicans as well as Democrats into a cold sweat as they look over their shoulders at tea party-backed candidates with a real possibility of winning.
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Analysts: Expect a bitter health care fight if GOP wins
If Republicans regain power this fall, you can expect a fierce battle over repealing all or part of the health care overhaul, say analysts.
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Can the GOP dominate in November with 'Just say no'?
Probably not. Two of the GOP's most senior elected officials – Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham – said Sunday their party needs an agenda attractive to voters critical of both parties.
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Will Congress really cut the budget? Top 3 acid tests.
Three spending bills this fall will determine whether Congress is really serious about cutting the budget.
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Glenn Beck rally: Why is it on the anniversary of King's speech?
It’s only a coincidence that the Glenn Beck rally will be held at the same spot where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech 47 years ago, the talk-show host says.
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