GOP ducks on health care reform
Late in the game, Republicans are proposing alternatives to Democratic health-care reform, but they re certainly not being bold. If they were, they d follow the lead of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the party s foremost Jack Kemp-style conservative, whose ...
 3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 380.0 What's Obama thinking?
President Obama and Democrats in Congress hope to cut Medicare spending by nearly a half-trillion dollars over the next decade, and reform plans call for a big expansion of Medicaid during the same period. Is it really possible to take so much money ...
3.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 142.0 Bill Clinton pitches health bill to Dems
WASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America s health care system. His failed attempt to revamp the delivery of medical care contributed to the Republican takeover of the Hou...
3.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 170.0 GOP targets lawmakers' health care vote
SALEM (AP) National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader s vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010. Republicans say the freshman Democrat s vote will cause him problems with mo...
0.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 330.0 Give Pakistan aid, not weapons
Canada should lend Pakistan a helping hand as it struggles to stabilize its chaotic border region with Afghanistan, which is plagued by Taliban militants who threaten stability. It doesn t follow that Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government needs ...
1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 55.0 What's next for health care?
WASHINGTON Don t look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They ...
5.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 774.0 Local panel fields questions on health policy
When Rep. Peter DeFazio visited the coast three months ago, people crowded into town halls to vehemently voice concerns and ask questions about public health care reform. It was a different setting Saturday morning at Coos Bay City Hall. A panel of e...
7.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 634.0 Insurers pay for alternative care
Acupuncture, not pain pills that make me loopy, is what Cynde Durnford-Branecki wants for her aching back, and a treatment costs her only a $20 copayment. If I didn t have insurance, there s no way I could afford to go, said the 51-year-old g...
5.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 120.0 Fort Hood is on the mend after shootings
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he s asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his sc...
4.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 55.0 Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky. The 220...
4.3K - Nov. 8, 2009; scored 678.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 71.0 Area is blessed with good docs
Dr. Charles Hurbis in Coos Bay has expertise, is very intelligent and an inventor. He is caring, personal and so kind. Because of basal cell cancers to be removed, he found melanoma cancer behind my left eye. He sent me to Oregon Health Science Uni...
0.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 55.0 Dems push for health care votes
WASHINGTON House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama s historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute concerns from rank-and-file Democrats ahead of a make-or-break vote. Voting is se...
3.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 220.0 Congress slowly consolidates power
The public forum section of The World addresses a variety of views and opinions regarding the various problems that are plaguing our nations today. Some of these letters indicate a firm grasp of the political structure that has led us to our current ...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 55.0 We need jobs not health care
How many times have you heard Barack Obama talk about the fierce urgency of now ? The president has used the quote, from Martin Luther King Jr., to call for quick action on the war in Iraq, on global warming, on homelessness, on education you name...
3.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 814.0 Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 82.0 Advocates for cancer patients decry waiting period; budget for high-risk pool seen as low
WASHINGTON (AP) You re afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would im...
1.2K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 107.0 10,000 children benefit from health plan
SALEM More than 10,000 children have been added to the state health plan under a new law aimed at expanding health insurance coverage to nearly every child in Oregon, officials said Tuesday. Cathy Kaufmann, manager of the program, said the sign-ups...
2.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 104.0 Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 55.0 GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J.
WASHINGTON Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading ...
6.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 110.0 | 
