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		<title>Health Care &#8211; Another Australian Article</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my oldest Australian friends sent me this on Facebook this morning. Matt, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/22/2853179.htm?site=thedrum (Note &#8211; The ABC pride themselves on non-biased journalism). Here is another interesting (Australian) perspective on the US debate. The general attitude is “Of course they should fix healthcare.. it’s stuffed!” But this blog makes the point that that doesn’t mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform &#8211; As reported by the Australian Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the main criticisms that the typical USA citizen receives is that they are ignorant of how the world views their particular brand of politik.

Therefore, I thought that it would be a worthwhile endeavor to include the basic 'USA health care reform' coverage from my local newspaper "The Courier Mail" in Australia.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform &#8211; my $0.02</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am from a country where our income is highly taxed in order that the state can help with health care. We have public hospitals and a pretty well organized Medicare system. It works OK… sometimes. In saying that… I know very few Australians who can afford private health insurance who don’t have it. ‘Private Health’ as we call it down under costs about 33% of what it does in the USA, and it covers a lot more.]]></description>
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		<title>The State of y’alls Union – a rookie analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My rock-n-roll swagger is slowing to a limp. I’m 32, have three kids and am starting to listen to nothing but talk radio. The final blow to my once hip exterior occurred at 8pm central last night… when I sat through the entirety of President Obama’s first State of the Union address. I only really [...]]]></description>
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