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Health Law Needs Repeal: Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet
The new health-care law is a threat to the health of small businesses. Its heavy dosage of mandates and penalties will be a financial burden, and the law is riddled with hidden barriers to stronger job growth.

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Health care reform? It all comes down to the “Public Plan” (or “public option,” if you prefer, but “public plan” makes a much better song). InTheLoopShow.net or on Facebook LoopFacebook.net New NewsTunes every week on the podcast! Performed and recorded by Jeff Horwich at Minnesota Public Radio

Rush Limbaugh the king of talk radio defends Governor Bobby Jindal. Bobby Jindal became the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals when he was just 24 YEARS OLD!!! this guy is Brilliant! During his tenure as secretary, Louisiana’s Medicaid program went from bankruptcy with a $400 million deficit into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million.

Study Says The Overall Well-Being Of Child In New Mexico Is Poor
Kids Count study suggest N.M. might not be the best place to raise a family. NM Ranks Low For Raising Children

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Panel I Hon. Herb B. Kuhn Deputy Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

John McCain makes a big deal about his oppostion to earmarks. During the debate, Barack Obama juxtaposed McCain’s taxcut proposal that would cost $300B with the $18B represented by earmarks. While some earmarks are clearly booty from the taxpayer to local interests, many can be justified as sound policy. Obama could, if he wished, run an entire campaign, Congressional district by Congressional district, identifying a few “earmarked” expenditures that that district loves and that McCain voted against. More to the point, however, is that McCain has voted for loads of tax loopholes during his 26 years in the Senate. Why loopholes are morally superior to earmarks escapes me. Let us postulate that there are some justifiable earmarks and some justifiable loopholes. The arguments against the rest are both process and substance. The process, I’ll-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-mine, however unseemly, is the same for both. The substance is also identical. A loophole allows an individual, or company, or sector not to pay taxes on a certain category of income. The rest of us have to make up that shortfall. The earmark is most often a local project for which general tax revenues are spent. The rest of us have to pay for that too. The Member of Congress takes credit for the earmark (“look at what I brought home for you”) and the loophole, but the latter is rarely said aloud. That should tell us something. The earmark is more often a project for which the Member can tout its benefit to …

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Nebraska Supreme Court rejects Medicaid policy
Poor Nebraska parents cannot be denied Medicaid-funded healthcare simply because they do not follow rules for the separateEmployment First program, according to the Nebraska SupremeCourt.

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Medicare is a governmental program which provides medical insurance coverage for retired persons over age 65 or for others who meet certain medical conditions, such as having a disability. Medicare was signed into legislation in 1965 as an amendment to the Social Security program and is administered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Department of Human Services. Medicare provides medical insurance coverage for over 43 million Americans, many of whom would have no medical insurance. While not perfect, the Medicare program offers these millions of people relatively low cost basic insurance, but not much in the way of preventative care. For instance, Medicare does not pay for an annual physical, vision care or dental care. Medicare is paid for through payroll tax deductions (FICA) equal to 2.9% of wages; the employee pays half and the employer pays half. There are four “parts” to Medicare: Part A is hospital coverage, Part B is medical insurance, Part C is supplemental coverage and Part D is prescription insurance. Parts C and D are at an added cost and are not required. Neither Part A nor B pays 100% of medical costs; there is usually a premium, co-pay and a deductible. Some low-income people quality for Medicaid, which assists in paying part of or all of the out-of-pocket costs. Because more people are retiring and become eligible for Medicare at a faster rate than people are paying into the system, it has been predicted that the system will …

Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings second-quarter 2010 net revenue increases 7.3% to $402.8 million
Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. today announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and filed its 2010 Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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