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New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) said Wednesday that he wants the federal government to move the trial of five suspects in the September 2001 terrorist attacks away from its intended site in Lower Manhattan.

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, said on Wednesday that House Democrats could adopt major health care legislation if Senate Democrats would first make substantial changes to their bill using a procedural tactic called budget reconciliation.\n\n

President Obama drew sustained laughter from Congress, especially Democrats, on Wednesday when he declared in his State of the Union speech that "by now it should be fairly obvious that I didn't take on health care because it was good politics."\n\n \n\n

WellPoint’s efforts to control medical costs include “more aggressive” contract negotiations with health-care providers and the somewhat euphemistically described “medical management levers,” according to a Thomson Reuters transcript of the insurer’s call with analysts.

eHealthInsurance has identified five reasons why consumers might reconsider their options and switch to a new plan before the year marches on.