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Opt-out is bad solution to health care reform impasse(0)

October 28, 2009

Commentary By Norm Bell
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is, at his core, a dealmaker. That’s how the Democrat rose in rough and tumble Nevada politics and how he ascended to his current power perch in the capitol.
He’s not the polarizing figure of Nancy Pelosi, the San Franciscan who is his counterpart in the House. Yes, [...]

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OPINION: Health care costs are billed in silly money

By Norm Bell
Every few years, it seems, we as a nation come to a fork in the road where we need to make a society-altering choice.
Health care reform is such an issue. And no matter where you stand on the political philosophy, it’s clear that the debate could proceed in a more productive – and, [...]

What’s the real problem with health care?

By Zev Auerbach
According to a recent article in the Miami Herald, health care representatives from South Florida made suggestions to Washington on ways of reducing health care costs. Those suggestions included cutting back on the number of tests ordered by over-cautious doctors and encouraging terminally ill patients to die at home.
Have we lost our minds [...]

Waterways tied in knots over cable TV contract

The Waterways board has tied itself in knots trying to please everyone with a cable TV contract. Is it time to start over?