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...Something called health-reform legislation will pass," a prominent Democrat told me. "The political consequences of not passing anything would be too great." A bare-bones bill that reforms the health-insurance industry - insurers would have to accept all comers, including those with pre-existing conditions, at the same rates - is a distinct possibility. Expanded coverage, perhaps including the parents of children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), is also probable. Most important for long-term reform, a system of health-care superstores - the wonks call them "exchanges" or "co-ops" - where individuals and small businesses...
...Those provisions make liberal Democrats uncomfortable, if not suspicious. "The assumption that Democrats will accept anything is a totally false assumption," says Senator Christopher Dodd, who led the drafting of a more generous Senate alternative measure. "It had better be a strong bill, or they won't have a bill...
...something that took many, many years. I have to credit the Betty Ford Center, because I went there because of my dependency on painkillers and they were the ones who helped me peel off these layers of anger and gave me the tools to live with it and accept it and move on with my life...
After Khatami on July 20 demanded that a referendum be held on whether Iranians accept the outcome of the election, Khamenei must have been sorely tempted to order the Revolutionary Guards to round up the opposition, including Khatami. Khatami's speech was a direct swipe at the legitimacy of his rule. Even the opposition was surprised that mild-mannered Khatami dared go this far. The question now, in all the turmoil, is who will be next to come out in favor of a recount...
...Department of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, will leave Boston in September to chair Yale's Department of Neurology. Hafler said that he was very happy with his position at Harvard, but ultimately the opportunity to organize and run an entire department at Yale prompted him to accept the offer...