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Cut useless government spending
I read this recently in a story posted on Yahoo.com: “Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama conceded Saturday his proposed budget is not his ‘ideal plan’ but said it offers ‘tough reforms’ to the nation&...Tags: Social Security, Barack Obama, Government Health Care
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News briefs for April 3
Golf tourney scheduled for May 6 in Danville The Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 6 at the Danville Country Club. The tournament will follow a four-person team, 18-hole scramble format. Check-in begins...
Tags: Zoology, Music Theater, Music, Golf, Religion and Belief
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The great deficit debate: looking for money in all the wrong places
Contributing ColumnistFor the last two years we’ve heard the same mantra from the GOP and its mouthpiece, FOX News: “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” It’s usually said with solemnity and sometimes a hint of compassion, as if the...Tags: International Finance Corporation, Afghanistan, Finland, U.S. Department of Defense, Norway
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House gives final passage to fiscal cliff bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...Tags: Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Government, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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'Obamacare' shouldn't be a cuss word
The prevailing attitude of Kentucky voters toward President Obama’s Affordable Care Act recalls the proverbial man in a lifeboat firing on his rescuers. Do we really want to reject expanded federal Medicaid coverage and dollars by supporting the...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), Long Term Care, Barack Obama, Politics
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Romney for president
I will attempt to use facts to let you know why Romney is my choice for president — I will keep opinions to a minimum. Romney has created thousands of jobs in the private sector — no taxpayers’ money paid for those jobs. Obama has never...Tags: Social Security, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Nancy Pelosi, Israel, Government Health Care
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News Briefs: Oct. 16, 2012
Tire disposal scheduled for Thursday Boyle County Department of Solid Waste Management will accept tires on and off the rims free of charge through the Kentucky Waste Tire Amnesty Program 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday at the state highway garage on North...
Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Government Health Care, Flu
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Your vote is important
We are fortunate in the Sixth District to have a congressman who follows his conscience in supporting the interests of his constituents and responding to their concerns. I urge all residents of the district to cast their votes for Ben Chandler on Nov. 6....Tags: Elections, Ben Chandler, Tea Party Movement, Government Health Care, Politics
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Appreciates Chandler
Two years ago, my husband turned 65 and registered for Medicare. In November of the same year, he had hip surgery. After the surgery, we received a $61,000 doctors’ bill. After contacting Medicare, I found they had made a mistake on the effective...Tags: Ben Chandler, Government Health Care
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Obamacare will keep costs, deficit down
A study that assigned 26,000 uninsured to Medicaid shows average health care costs per person dropped yearly 50 percent. How? Uninsured went to emergency rooms for even “smaller” illnesses, but on Medicaid they each had a physician, reducing...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Healthcare Policies, Government Health Care, Public Finance
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Retirement party: AARP will sponsor vice-presidential debate festival
dbrock@amnews.comThe life of the party planned for the vice-presidential debate Oct. 11 at Centre College will be the nation’s largest organization representing retirees. AARP, a nonprofit group with more than 37 million members over age 50, announced Thursday in a...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Career and Workplace, Retirement, Ben Sollee, Parties and Movements
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News briefs for Sept. 19
Boyle County Alzheimer’s family caregiver training Boyle County Alzheimer’s family caregiver training is a program designed for those who have a friend or family member diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Local...Tags: Radio, Arts and Culture, Dermatologists, Millennium Park, Alzheimer's Disease
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