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New York Times by David Leonhardt | Jul. 8, 2009 (News Report)

It’s become popular to pick your own personal litmus test for health care reform.

A proton therapy center under construction outside Chicago. The treatment’s proton accelerator can be as big as a football field.

For some liberals, reform will be a success only if it includes a new government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers. For many conservatives, a bill must exclude such a public plan. For others, the crucial ... Full Story »

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 8, 2009

Well this exposes a can of worms and a ton of money. One quote from a pulmonary specialist seemed a long stretch in this article in my opinion.

Treatments range from $23,000 > $100.000 on just one form of cancer leaves a lot of room for regulation that is not even in place now.

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