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Evidence-Based Medicine: Hard For Some To Swallow : NPR about 23 hours ago
- Economist Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University says the U.S. ought to pay more attention to evidence-based medicine. "You cannot have a health system where every doctor, every patient is completely free to use their imagination and hunches to make clinical decisions," he says.
- Economist Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University says the U.S. ought to pay more attention to evidence-based medicine. "You cannot have a health system where every doctor, every patient is completely free to use their imagination and hunches to make clinical decisions," he says.
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- - Economist Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University says the U.S. ought to pay more attention to evidence-based medicine. "You cannot have a health system where every doctor, every patient is completely free to use their imagination and hunches to make clinical decisions," he says.
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes? : NPR on 2009-11-20
- Mr. PHIL RAMOS (Eastern Long Island, New York State Assembly): If you say the word illegal enough times as buzzwords in your speeches, these people cease to be human beings. And that's what leads to a group of six or seven young men to hunt an Ecuadorian man on the street like an animal and just stab him and kill him.
Mammograms around the world | Health | PRI's The World on 2009-11-19
3 Democrats Could Block Health Bill in Senate - NYTimes.com on 2009-11-19
- re he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party’s leaders need to open debate on the measure later this week.
- Typically routine, the procedural approval needed to begin consideration of a bill looms as anything but routine in this instance. Inste
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- - In response to demands from Mr. Nelson, for instance, the leaders appear willing to drop plans to use the bill to strip health insurance companies of their antitrust exemption
  - sly optimistic that he could get the Senate’s 58 Democrats and 2 independents to vote to thwart a filibuster on what is known as a motion to proceed, the initial step in any debate.
  - “We’ve all got problems with the bill,” said Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania. “I would hope we could all support the effort to get the bill to the floor.”
  - Some senators who were previously considered potential obstacles to starting the debate have made clear that they will vote with the party at this point, drawing a distinction between this initial advance and later votes of more consequence.
    “I think we ought to begin a dialogue on this and see where it leads,” said Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, adding that this position was no guarantee he would support the measure in the
  - On Tuesday, Republicans demonstrated the risks some Democrats face in agreeing to even open debate. The Republican National Committee attacked Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas, a state that went heavily Republican in last year’s presidential election, for agreeing to side with fellow Democrats on the initial vote, equating it with a vote for the measure itself.
  - There is no Republican on whom Mr. Reid can count for support in the procedural vote. “We’re going to do everything we can to defeat this monstrosity and actually get to a meaningful debate about how we genuinely have health care reform in this country,” Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Republican leadership, said Tuesday.
  - While acknowledging the reservations of the three Democrats, senior party officials said they expected that none of the three would want to be responsible for stalling such a major party initiative in a procedural vote. The leaders predicted that Senators Landrieu, Lincoln and Nelson would grudgingly join ranks.
Senate Health Bill Said to Cost $849 Billion Over 10 Years - NYTimes.com on 2009-11-19
- The measure includes a so-called public option allowing people to buy into a new government health insurance plan, but states could opt out of that
- Senate Democratic leaders are still trying frantically to nail down the final votes needed to begin debate on the legislation. To do so, they need the unanimous support of all 60 members of their caucus, a huge test of Mr. Reid’s leadership skills.
  And at least two potential Democratic holdouts – Senator Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana and Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska – signaled on Wednesday that they were open to supporting a motion to begin debate.
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- - “It’s going to be a Holy War,” said Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, who is one of his party’s most respected voices on health policy but for the last several months has voiced nothing but fury over the Democrats’ efforts.
Multiply (website) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on 2009-11-18
Windows Live Groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on 2009-11-18
MSN Groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on 2009-11-18
Mike Huckabee's 'Simple Christmas' on 2009-11-18
Senate Democrats plan to unveil healthcare bill | Politics | Reuters on 2009-11-18
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid prepared to unveil long-awaited healthcare overhaul legislation on Wednesday, with the first test vote on the package expected by the end of the week.
- The bill's release would clear the way for a vote on Friday or Saturday by the full chamber on whether to proceed to debate on the measure -- the first key procedural hurdle for the Senate plan.