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91. Doctors' Group Wants Insurance for All
    

    Jan. 31, 2008 -- The nation's biggest organization of specialty doctors called on presidential candidates Thursday to back health insurance coverage for all Americans. Saying the U.S. health care system is "failing," the American College of Physicians (ACP) threw its support behind universal insuran

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92. Bush Wants Health Insurance Tax Breaks
    

    Jan. 28, 2008 -- President Bush proposed new tax breaks for individuals who buy their own health insurance, making the proposal the only new health care initiative of his final year in office. The proposal came in President Bush's final State of the Union address to Congress Monday night. In it he p

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93. U.S. Health Care: $2.1 Trillion in '06
    

    Jan. 8, 2008 -- The United States spent a record $2.1 trillion on health care in 2006, nearly 7% more than the year before, according to federal data released Tuesday. Overall, the annual figures show that the nation's health care spending is growing more slowly that it did in the late 1990s. But so

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94. Uninsured Get Healthier With Medicare
    

    Dec. 27, 2007 -- Compared with those with health insurance, the uninsured get sicker and sicker as they age -- until they qualify for Medicare. The finding comes from a huge survey of 5,006 Americans with health insurance and 2,227 Americans who were persistently or intermittently uninsured from age

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95. Buying Health Insurance on Your Own
    

    Dec. 3, 2007 -- Most people who try to buy health insurance on their own find that they either can't get it or can't afford it, even if they are relatively healthy, a yearlong investigation by Consumer Reports shows. Of the roughly one in seven people surveyed who had no health insurance, 76% said t

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96. Part D Open Enrollment: 12 Questions
    

    Nov. 16, 2007 -- Medicare's Part D prescription drug plan is about to enter its second year. The open enrollment period lasts from Nov. 15, 2007 to Jan. 1, 2008. It's the time for new Medicare beneficiaries to choose a plan for the first time and for existing beneficiaries to look over their plans a

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97. Health Care: Next President's Top Job?
    

    Nov. 15, 2007 -- Health insurance for everyone should be the top health care priority for the next president, according to recommendations issued Thursday by a group of the nation's top health policy experts. The experts are calling on the next president to push for coverage of all the 47 million Am

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98. Budget Chief: Health Plans Lacking
    

    Nov. 13, 2007 -- When a presidential candidate tells you he or she has a plan to bring health costs under control, think twice before you believe them. That’s the message delivered Tuesday by one of Washington’s top budget analysts. Virtually every candidate has announced a plan to spread medical in

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99. Doctors Urged to Get Electronic Records
    

    Oct. 30, 2007 -- Federal officials said Wednesday they would soon launch a program aimed at convincing reluctant doctors to buy electronic medical records systems for their offices. Officials gave few details of the plan, saying it would not get going until late winter or early spring. But it will i

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100. Medicare-Run Rx Drug Plan Proposed
     

     Oct. 23, 2007 -- Seniors would have the option of a Medicare-run prescription drug plan under a bill introduced Tuesday by Democrats in Congress. The bill sets up a new version of the prescription drug program -- known as Part D -- that would be run by the government, along with the private insuranc

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