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...bill is likely to fall significantly short of ensuring universal coverage. But Snowe worries that Americans who are slightly too affluent to qualify for federal assistance will find themselves burdened with health-insurance bills they cannot afford - especially when the economy feels so fragile. "I understand the rationale behind it, but this is the wrong time," Snowe says. "It's with middle-income Americans that this will be problematic, and they understand that." (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...Snowe has been working behind the scenes to remedy a problem that she was among the first to identify and that is now at the heart of the debate: how to make coverage affordable. Snowe began arguing months ago with Baucus - and with President Barack Obama - that if the government was going to require people to buy health insurance, it had better also make sure they had the means to do so. Early on, say those who are familiar with talks, Snowe was the lone voice in Baucus' bipartisan "Gang of Six" negotiating group complaining that the federal subsidies...
...Karzai sought to ensure his re-election by making pacts with warlords whose human-rights records would have them behind bars in most countries. Still, having been installed in power by the U.S. invasion, Karzai has proven adept at persuading the country's umpteen warlords and trigger-happy commanders to usually - although not always - settle their grudges politically rather than with arms. Afghanistan may be a mess by the measure of politics and security, but its jails are no longer filled with thousands of political prisoners; in cities and towns, girls go to schools and universities; a feisty free press...
...problems that we have here are the same as they always were," Alencar said. "I want Rio to win the right to host the games, but we need to learn from our past mistakes and the myth of the Pan American Games and all that they didn't leave behind. If we get the Olympics, then all sectors of society need to unite to ensure that there is a social legacy and no overspending." (See pictures from the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
...President, during the summer you blamed foreign elements, foreign reporters, foreign governments, for the protests that followed the election. The foreign press is gone from Iran, but the protests continue so I would like to know what you think is behind them and why heroes of the Islamic revolution like Mr. Rafsanjani and Mr. Musabi should be involved in the opposition. What rights exactly does the opposition have under your constitution? What we have in Iran are freedoms and competition. Is there anything from with Mr. Rafsanjani and Mr. Musabi competing with me or even being opposed to my views...