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Well, healthcare reform has been stupefied yet again. Remember last week when we posted the blog about how a deal had been reached, how the public option had been dropped and the Medicare buy-in was the replacement? Well, apparently we were mistaken. A healthcare agreement had been reached, but on this roller coaster we call the healthcare debate, where politicians are literally jumping off of a moving ride and climbing up the sides, who knows what’s up and what’s down.

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The public option is out! Seriously. The option that had liberals excited about industry competition, and the moderates scared to death, has itself died. The public option will probably be dropped by the Senate in order to get the entire healthcare package passed. Without the public option, there should be no other hurdles to getting this healthcare reform bill passed.

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Public option and abortion - the debate rages on. Sure, Joe Lieberman is fun to take stabs at, and many are doing just that, but the real problem is not Joe, it’s the entire healthcare reform mess. It’s a mess, and no matter what side of the House Lawn you’re on, politics is getting the best of everyone.

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Market based healthcare alternatives are not all the rage these days. With healthcare reform and government options all over the table, it’s hard to see through the heaping pile to the alternatives and medical solutions that are actually working. These market based healthcare solutions are the small changes that are making big waves for many people fed up with the healthcare reform discussion.

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Mammogram guidelines. The controversy over what your insurance should cover and what you should be doing in the way of preventative cancer health has been fueled by a new release from the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Their new stance, many believe, could be potentially harmful to millions of women not just in the U.S., but around the globe.

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Much like the credit card industry is raising interest rates before the Credit Card Act 2009 goes into effect and changes things, prescription drug are dramatically raising prescription drug prices before the health care reform bill makes it through the Senate. It’s a shady business, especially when these exact same drug companies made a promise to President Obama, and the American people, to shave off $8 million from prescription drug costs.

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The healthcare reform bill squeaked through the House this weekend by a vote of 220-215. A lot was given up, and a lot was said during the soap-opera-like final discussions on the bill, but in the end it was passed and it moves onto the Senate, where it will no doubt meet some even tougher times.

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The big man, our CEO Chad wrote a very interesting piece the other day about business penalties and healthcare. Check it out for yourself:

“Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.” –Ann Rand

Ann Rand may not be the top of your next silent auction guest list, but she does have a way of restating what some of us are only too self interested to admit. Human beings are selfish. Now we have our fleeting moments of selfless service, but rare is a man or woman that will do something completely charitable on a consistent basis when nobody is around. Even the very act of organizing auctions, events and fundraisers has self interest at the core. Charity event organizers know it is a lot easier being charitable, if others know we are charitable.

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Michael Moore co-authored a very interesting piece in the Huffington Post this morning that the big boss thought would be prudent to share with everyone. Knowing this audience, Michael Moore stirs up more than just fuzzy feelings.

Have you seen Michael Moore’s new documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story”? I’m waiting for the DVD….and then I will probably take a look at it. No matter what, he can twist a story and bend it to his will. It slightly reminds me of Fox News, taking a legitimate industry such as journalism or creating documentaries and stepping all over the boundaries of fair and balanced reporting. Do you ever find it ironic that a man who makes millions each year, who probably has a short-sighted view of middle-class reality, makes documentaries fighting for the little guy? Which reminds me, have you had a chance to check out the new celebrity health care PSA? But, I digress….

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