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Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. Pushes CLASS in Health Care Reform

December 5, 2009
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In a week that has presented few class acts, i.e. Tiger Woods and Senator Max Baucus, Senator Paul G. Kirk, Jr. of Massachusetts pushed the Senate to keep the CLASS amendment as a part of health care reform.  For his efforts and the narrow victory on keeping CLASS in the health care bill Senator Paul [...]

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The Newest War: Health Care

November 23, 2009

Perhaps the newest war involving Americans will be on Capitol Hill.  Health Care has proved to be a series of battles and in the end there may be no real victor… unless you are a lobbyist.
It seems that the Republicans are united against any plan.  The Democrats have already begun squabbling among themselves.  The American [...]

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New Breast Exam Theory: All We Have Been Told May Not Be True

November 17, 2009

Women at average risk of breast cancer in their 40s don’t benefit from mammograms and should wait until age 50 to get them, say new guidelines released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
It isn’t the idea that mammograms are being discounted for women in their 40s that brought BernieHund back to the computer.  In [...]

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Stan Brock Brings Healthcare to Tennessee

May 28, 2008

Who is Stan Brock?  For many he will be remembered as the co-star of Wild Kingdom.  That was some years ago.  Since then, Mr. Brock has traveled the world and finally settled in Knoxville, Tennessee.  But, his work is far from over.
Stan Brockspent 15 years as general manager of the Rupununi Development Company Dadanawa Ranch [...]

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Why Do People Marry?

April 29, 2008

Well, I suppose there have always been lots of reasons for people to marry.  Back in the old days it was a matter of love or legal procreating.  Of course, marriage has been romanticised for years, even back to the days of Jane Austen and before.  Lurking in the background was always the idea of [...]

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