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	<title>USW Blog &#187; health insurance</title>
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		<title>Democrats: Stop Kissing Elephant Trunk and Reform Health Insurance Right</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/18/democrats-stop-kissing-elephant-truck-and-do-insurance-reform-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard
USW International President
The meeting got testy. Voices rose last Thursday among Democrats over differences in the Senate Finance and Health committee versions of insurance reform.
Max Baucus defended his committee’s bill, voted out last week with one Republican, but lacking a public option and burdening the middle class. He said, according to reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Health Care Policy Makes Good Politics &#8212; And Vice Versa</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/17/good-health-care-policy-makes-good-politics-%e2%80%93-and-vice-versa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From David Sirota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<title>Worse Off Than Their Parents</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/01/worse-off-than-their-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/01/worse-off-than-their-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AARP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<title>GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/28/gop-favors-public-option-for-property-not-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/28/gop-favors-public-option-for-property-not-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baucus bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cay Johnston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flood insurance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=1078</guid>
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		<title>Obama Plans to Reform Economy, Not Just Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=1002</guid>
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		<title>The Me-First, Forget-Everyone-Else Crowd</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/10/the-me-first-forget-everyone-else-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/10/the-me-first-forget-everyone-else-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From David Sirota]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tea Parties]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=870</guid>
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		<title>Health Care Is a Right, Not a Privilege</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/22/health-care-is-a-right-not-a-privilege/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/22/health-care-is-a-right-not-a-privilege/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Hill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=733</guid>
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		<title>When it comes to slicing the American pie, McCain serves only the rich</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/10/24/when-it-comes-to-slicing-the-american-pie-mccain-serves-only-the-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/10/24/when-it-comes-to-slicing-the-american-pie-mccain-serves-only-the-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Middle class needs right to bargain, secure contracts &#8212; like CEOs have</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/08/08/america%e2%80%99s-middle-class-needs-right-to-bargain-secure-contracts-like-ceos-have/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/08/08/america%e2%80%99s-middle-class-needs-right-to-bargain-secure-contracts-like-ceos-have/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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