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Health Care Articles

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The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care
By Reed Abelson, New York Times - Feb. 28, 2010

“Hands off my health care,” goes one strain of populist sentiment. Suppose Congress and President Obama fail to overhaul the system now, or just tinker around the edges, or start over, as the Republicans propose — despite the Democrats’ latest and possibly last big push that began last week at a marathon televised forum in Washington. Then “my health care” stays the same, right?...

Differences Are Clear—and That's a Start
By Gerald F. Seib; The Wall Street Journal ~ Feb 26, 2010

In seven hours of wrangling at the White House health summit, it was possible to discern with some clarity the three basic philosophical disagreements that keep the two sides apart...

Race Is On to Pin Blame For High Health-Care Costs
By Avery Johnson; The Wall Street Journal ~ Feb 26, 2010

A battle over who to blame for rising health-care costs is escalating, as groups seek to pin the problem on each other and say none of the health-care legislation under consideration does enough to solve it...

Opinion: A Better Way to Reform Health Care
By John F. Cogan, Glenn Hubbard, & Daniel Kessler; The Wall Street Journal ~ Feb 25, 2010

The critical problem is rising costs. The solution is more competition and greater individual control over health spending. Here's how...



Pension Articles

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Salaried retirees face losses if Visteon transfers its liabilities
By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press, March 5, 2010

Salaried retirees at Visteon are trying to raise money to cover legal costs as they fight the possibility that they could lose part of their pensions in the supplier's bankruptcy case...

Obama urged to secure Delphi pensions
By Jonathan D. Epstein; The Buffalo News ~ Feb 27, 2010

A bipartisan group of 32 U. S. lawmakers from seven states — six from New York — fired off a letter to President Obama on Friday, calling on him to prod General Motors Co. to ensure Delphi Corp. salaried retirees don’t lose their pensions...