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Apr 27, 2011 by News Gatherer
The Vermont Senate passed a bill to reform the universal health system in a 21-8, largely along party lines Monday after five hours in the Green Room. (Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, voted yes. Bobby Starr, D-North Troy, senators voted to resume nay.The Bill at third reading on Tuesday, the spirit of compromise was in order and in them.
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Mar 31, 2011 by News Gatherer
The best way to go about trimming the budget is to use a scalpel not an axe.- Sue Butler, Bedford. For those of you in favor of all these cuts.I’m curious, when all these cuts are made what is the actual savings to an average taxpayer? Can someone tell me that? Will we even notice? Will all these cuts actually help our economy if hundreds lose their jobs and can no longer afford to buy groceries, shop for clothes, – you know – keep the economy moving.Someone made a comment a few days ago that I thought hit the nail on the head.
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Feb 6, 2011 by News Gatherer
This debate is just beginning, "said a spokeswoman for the House John Boehner in a statement." We keep our word to the American people and continue to work to repeal this work that destroys the right to health and replace it with sensible reforms to reduce costs and increase access without putting more Americans out of work. "The house, which (unlike the Senate) is run by Republicans, has passed a bill to repeal it.
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Feb 5, 2011 by News Gatherer
The office of Attorney General JB Van Hollen of Wisconsin, one of the states reported to reverse the Affordable Care Act, sent this statement categorical statement of the law, "death" of their condition when taken by a higher court, stating that it frees the government of any state and all its responsibilities to enforce the law.
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Jan 31, 2011 by News Gatherer
The GOP-led House earlier this month voted to repeal the law, but the measure is not able to get traction in the Senate, where Obama's Democratic Party a slim majority. The president rejected the arguments made by critics of the law.
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Jan 11, 2011 by News Gatherer
He called the search for the CBO "false", but less than a minute later, was based on figures from the CBO to harangue Obama on the deficit. Updated: Sean Hannity Bachmann was exposed last night, talking with New York Rep. Anthony Weiner to the cost of health care reform, and its repeal.
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Jan 4, 2011 by News Gatherer
And I suppose we should end k-12 public education, too? How about fire service? I mean, your neighbor has a hose, all should be good, right? Public libraries? Public works? Government guaranteed health care, where everyone pays in what they can and everyone benefits really isn't that unusual of an idea, in fact, my friend in Canada, the UK, AU, etc, etc all seem to be unwilling to trade health care benefits with me.
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Nov 17, 2010 by News Gatherer
The "baby boom" is too large, and the rising cost of health insurance is too steep. Today, the deficit threatens almost certainly too large to be closed only with growth. However, growth could make a big difference.
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Nov 17, 2010 by News Gatherer
For large companies, the average total health premium – per employee – will be $ 9,821 in 2011 to nearly 800 this year. To begin, we will all pay more. Employees on average will be asked to contribute $ 2,209 of these costs, an increase of 12.4 percent from 2010, according to a recent analysis by Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting firm worldwide.
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Nov 17, 2010 by News Gatherer
To begin, we will all pay more. Employees on average will be asked to contribute $ 2,209 of these costs, an increase of 12.4 percent from 2010, according to a recent analysis by Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting firm worldwide. For large companies, the average total health premium – per employee – will be $ 9,821 in 2011 to nearly 800 this year.