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Obama's Inflated Health Savings

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U.S. Congressional Budget Office. "Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology," May 2008.

Hillestad, Richard, et al. "Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, and Costs." Health Affairs, Sept./Oct. 2005.

Blumenthal, David and David Cutler and Jeffrey Liebman. "Final Costs Memo," 29 May 2007.

"Barack Obama's Plan for a Healthy America." BarackObama.com, accessed 16 June 2008.

Interview with Catherine Desroches, instructor at the Harvard Medical School and a researcher at the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital, 4 June 2008.

Interview with Richard Hillestad, senior principal researcher, RAND, 9 June 2008.

Interview with Rainu Kaushal, professor, Weill Medical College, 12 June 2008.

Interviews with David Cutler, Dean for the Social Sciences, Harvard University, 5 June and 12 June 2008.

Barack, Obama. Town hall meeting in Bristol, Va. Transcript, BarackObama.com, 5 June 2008. 16 June 2008.

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Posted By: BobOrr @ 09/27/2009 6:08:21 PM

Obama is a pathological liar. The NEVER called him on his pie in the sky BS rhetoric during the campaign so he thinks he can blow smoke up our rears some more. I voted for him but now I see it was all an act. Impeach before it's too late.
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Posted By: Political Pluralism @ 09/26/2009 11:59:17 PM

Freedom of Speech? Well you might want to rethink that idea. Individuals in the voice raising, agenda pursuing, nightly news programs seem to constantly defame each other. The Defamation of Character law is defined as wrongfully hurting a person's good reputation. There is two different types of Defamation, one being vocalize something publicly which is slander. Or the other being libel, which is a written statement, both slander and libel seem to be commonly used. So one might ask, "Why does this practice seem to always take place, if it's contradicting the law?" I don't have the answer personally, but I can offer up some opinions. It may be hard to pursue for some individuals financially, because a civil lawsuit has to be brought in front of the court. Maybe some individuals are unaware of their personal rights. Finally, a person who was a victim of Defamation, would rather just let is pass over without paying much attention. You may all recall Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shout out, "You lie" to President Obama during his healthcare reform address to Congress. If I'm not mistaking that is slander, and it doesn't seem any actions are going to be implemented on him other than a simple apology. Whether you agree or disagree with President Obama's policies and views, the way he handle that situation with grace and dignity had to be respected. politicalpluralism.com
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Posted By: AmeriKhan Lobo @ 06/24/2008 3:45:57 PM

I would've paid close to $10,000 in the US for my son's birth at a hospital with equal care.