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10.12.2009 9:00 pm

Premiums headed up, with or without health reform

Robin Beaton's breast cancer surgery was cancelled when her insurance company claimed she failed to report being treated for acne.

Robin Beaton's insurance company cancelled her breast cancer surgery because she didn't disclose she'd been treated for acne.

Health insurance companies launched an 11th-hour assault Monday on a compromise health care reform bill in the Senate. In a new report and a…

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09.17.2009 9:01 pm

Senate reform bill won’t cure what ails U.S. health care

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

America needs a strong shot of health care reform, but Sen. Max Baucus’ two-aspirin-and-call-me-the-morning measure won’t get the job done.
Mr. Baucus, D-Mont., who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, dithered for months trying to craft a compromise with…

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09.17.2009 8:59 pm

Matson’s view: Overboard

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07.21.2009 3:45 pm

Are health care companies paying to delay health care reform?

Sen. Max Baucus

Sen. Max Baucus

The Washington Post reports today that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and who has expressed skepticism of a public health insurance option, has been the recipient of much generosity from health care…

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05.08.2009 9:00 pm

Abolish performance-enhancing tax havens

R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch

R.J. Matson/Post-Dispatch

Alas, poor Manny Ramirez. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger was suspended for 50 games last week — which will cost him roughly $7.7 million in salary — for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Alas, for that matter, poor Mark…

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11.14.2008 9:00 pm

Health Care Reform can’t wait

Barack Obama serves lunch to a patient during a visit to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in June.

Barack Obama serves lunch to a patient during a visit to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in June.

A few days before the historic election that swept him into the presidency, Barack Obama was asked to name his top priorities for 2009. They were,…

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