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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1483 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    No "Gipper" To Save GOP This Time

    FEBRUARY 9, 2013 12:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, ronald reagan, barry goldwater, tea party, republican establishment, republican party, 1964 election, richard hofstadter, pseudo-conservative, right wing, new deal, eisenhower administration, extremism no vice, great communicator, bobby jindal, eric cantor, mark rubio, paul ryan, medicaid, vouchers, social security, evil empire, tax hikes

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2375 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    What the Affordable Care Act Means for Women

    MAY 20, 2012 8:20PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: national women's health network, center for american progress, medicaid, medicare, gender rating, maternity coverage, domestic violence, caesarean section, breast cancer, pre-existing conditions, women and health insurance, katherine b. waddell, women's strike force, national women's health week, affordable care act, health, politics

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4193 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1831 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Foraging for Food Stamps

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 10:33AM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: government aid, government help, government assistance, out of work, unemployment, unemployed, poverty, lines for food stamps, government lines, government interviews, bureaucracy, government questions, government paperwork, economic assistance, irene victims, citizens, county assistance office, philadelphia county assistance, philadelphia, medicaid, irene, food stamps

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4715 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Even With Obamacare, It's As If I Don't Exist

    APRIL 26, 2011 11:59PM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: true story, health, bonnie bernstein, politics, supreme court, mark levin, medical insurance, medicaid, president obama, price of gas, war, economy, obamacare, mammography, my obamacare story, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1008 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Fair Hearing

    APRIL 12, 2011 8:52PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: joe versus the volcano, tom hanks, medicaid, poverty, the legal system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2394 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    Who needs Medicaid anyway?

    NOVEMBER 8, 2010 7:53AM

    By Laura Deurmyer


    Topics: politics, withdraw from medicaid, medicaid, healthcare texas

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 2244 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Talking Points in the War on the Poor

    OCTOBER 7, 2010 12:04AM

    By aaroncynic


    Topics: medicaid, kentucky, rand paul, elections, news, politics, poverty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2101 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    GOP Attacks on Health Reform Argue FOR Socialized Care

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 10:15AM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: healthcare smears, us election 2008, rhetorical advantage, rhetoric, schip, obama, republicans, politics, healthcare, healthcare reform, medicaid, medicare

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2520 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A 5-Point Plan To Fix Health Care

    MARCH 31, 2009 6:12AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: center for american free thought, trickle down, doctor, medical, disease, illness, medicaid, medicare, free market, gop, obama, universal health care, mortimer hayden smyth

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