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		<title>Would Paul Ryan&#8217;s Medicare voucher plan increase the medical bankruptcy rate? It could happen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Paul Ryan&#8217;s extreme cost-cutting budget passed the US House of Representatives last Friday on a straight party line vote&#8211; all Republicans voting for it, all Democrats against it. Although there are many parts of Ryan&#8217;s plan that I disagree with, the worst part is his scheme to change Medicare into a voucher system for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New research on healthcare reform model shows Americans are still going bankrupt paying medical bills</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ignoring the real problem of skyrocketing medical costs&#8211; Republicans at the federal level want to cripple or kill the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), and Republicans at the state level want to end the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona&#8217;s Medicaid program for the poor. The Republicans spin is that [...]]]></description>
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