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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.3970 Medical Rights and Reform Act of 2009</title>
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    <title>H.R.3185: 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement ... - OpenCongress</title>
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Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for H.R.3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3185/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Apt. 11D: Raising Active Kids</title>
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http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2054/show. Posted by: learner | January 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM. GRACE35. Lots of different persons understand some techniques of argument essay composing, nevertheless this does not ... - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apt11d.com/2010/01/raising-active-kids.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R.3483: STAR Act of 2009 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress</title>
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All Bill Titles. &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Official:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; To reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes.&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; as introduce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3483/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.3098 - OpenCongress</title>
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S.3098 - Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. view all titles (2). Close ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3098/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.2886 - OpenCongress</title>
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All Bill Titles. &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Short:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; as introduced.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Official:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2886/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.1974: Pension Protection Technical Corrections ... - OpenCongress</title>
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Official:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protections Act of 2006.&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; as introduced.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Short:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act o&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1974/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medical Rights Act of 2009 - OpenCongress</title>
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All Bill Titles. &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Short:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; Medical Rights Act of 2009&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; as introduced.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Official:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; To guarantee the rights of patients and doctors against Federal restrictions or delay i&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2516/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.Res.691: Providing for consideration of the bill ... - OpenCongress</title>
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Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as ... - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hr691/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R.3996: Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 - U.S. ... - OpenCongress</title>
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All Bill Titles. &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Official:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; as introduced.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Short:&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; Temporar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3996/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.1110: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ... - OpenCongress</title>
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sensible infrastructure for delivery system reform by renaming the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, making the Commission an executive branch .... Official government data, breaking ne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1110/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Wouldn&amp;#39;t it be smarter if Democrats cut government programs ...</title>
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As part of his so-called &#8220;Mother of All Tax Increases&#8221; (HR 3970), Rangel would hike the capital gains tax rate by 63 percent. This will severely depress financial markets and almost certainly lose money for the government at the same ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taxquestionsfree.com/wouldnt-it-be-smarter-if-democrats-cut-government-programs-instead-of-creating-new-ones/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More Work for Accountants! President Obama&amp;#39;s Corporate Tax ...</title>
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?Chairman Rangel fabricated a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in board.? (Here&amp;#39;s a hotlink to the text: http://www.govclue.us/assembly/billargument.xpd?bill=h110-3970.)?? See Sec. 3201 of the bill. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freeblog4ca.com/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal_13157&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: 12/01/2010 - 01/01/2011</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-11-30:/commentary/10786732</id>
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http://firedoglake.com/2010/12/30/to-open-congress-house-republicans-will-read-constitution-aloud-ignore-the-parts-they-hate/ Tea Party Nation: we hate the groups that call us hate groups just because we hate people ..... For Palin and Bachmann, the decisi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pbd.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More Work for Accountants President Obama&amp;#39;s Corporate Tax Proposal</title>
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?Chairman Rangel fabricated a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in board.? (Here&amp;#39;s a hotlink to the argument: http://www.govclue.us/assembly/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.)?? See Sec. 3201 of the bill. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2010christianlouboutins.com/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More Work for Accountants President Obama&amp;#39;s Corporate Tax Proposal</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-11-24:/commentary/9868516</id>
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?Chairman Rangel fabricated a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in board.? (Here&amp;#39;s a hotlink to the text: http://www.govclue.us/assembly/billargument.xpd?bill=h110-3970.)?? See Sec. 3201 of the bill. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://linksoflondonshop.net/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>More Work for Accountants! President Obama?s Corporate Tax Proposal</title>
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Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee. (Here&amp;#39;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.) See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- For ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://npr.blogomatic.object-ive.com/?p=684&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias on the issues - Your Doubting Thomas</title>
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That is why I authored the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970) to lower costs, insure those with pre-existing conditions and protect seniors on Medicare without raising taxes. Our centrist Medical Rights and Reform Act would: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/your-doubting-thomas/2010/10/mark-kirk-and-alexi-giannoulias-on-the-issues.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What&amp;#39;s the GOP plan to fix health care? | Cynthia Tucker</title>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/10/27/whats-the-gop-plan-to-fix-health-care/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>What&amp;#39;s the GOP plan to fix health care? | Cynthia Tucker</title>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/10/27/whats-the-gop-plan-to-fix-health-care/?cxntfid=blogs_cynthia_tucker&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Q&amp;amp;A: Wouldn&amp;#39;t it be smarter if Democrats cut government programs ...</title>
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    <updated>2010-10-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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As part of his so-called Mother of All Tax Increases (HR 3970), Rangel would hike the capital gains tax rate by 63 percent. This will severely depress financial markets and almost certainly lose money for the government at the same time ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sell-your-house-and-rent-it-back.tech-museum.com/qa/qa-wouldnt-it-be-smarter-if-democrats-cut-government-programs-instead-of-creating-new-ones.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Illinois Candidates</title>
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Health Care: Introduce the Medical Rights and Reform Act, HR 3970. He attempted to add a Medical Rights Act to the health care bill that Pelosi introduced, but it was rejected. Homeland Security/Immigration: Raised the bounty on Osama ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://musingsofapolitcaljunky.blogspot.com/2010/10/illinois-candidates.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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For example, in the 110th Congress then-Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel introduced a proposal (H.R. 3970) that would have lowered the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 30.5%. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://economic-legislation.blogspot.com/2010/09/business-organizational-choices.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Penny Hill Press &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Business Organizational Choices ...</title>
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For example, in the 110th Congress then-Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel introduced a proposal (H.R. 3970) that would have lowered the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 30.5%. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.pennyhill.com/?p=10906&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R. 3970 [110th]: Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us)</title>
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    <updated>2010-09-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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24 Oct 2007 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3970&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>AAHomecare Blog: House Energy and Commerce Committee Plans ...</title>
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    <updated>2010-09-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Current co-sponsors of H.R. 3970, the bill to replace the competitive program, have an * next to their name &#8211; be sure to thank those offices for their support! Members are listed by party, and in order of committee seniority. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.aahomecare.org/2010/09/house-energy-and-commerce-committee.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Blog: Defense Funds &#187; Biodefense And Pandemic Vaccine And Drug</title>
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The National Vaccine Information Center and the National Autism Association have issued alerts about S1873/HR 3970 and other legislation which eliminate liability for vaccine injury. MOUNTAIN VIEWS: BIRD FLU SCAM TO COST US PLENTY ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bepeas.co.tv/biodefense-and-pandemic-vaccine-and-drug&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The GOP and insane resistance &#171; Later On</title>
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    <updated>2010-07-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). That&amp;#39;s just in healthcare reform. The same thing happens in other legislation as well. Cap-and-trade, for example, was proposed by the GOP. The Dems signed on, and the GOP immediately ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/the-gop-and-insane-resistance/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-07-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). That&amp;#39;s just in healthcare reform. The same thing happens in other legislation as well. Cap-and-trade, for example, was proposed by the GOP. The Dems signed on, and the GOP immediately ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/more-of-the-gop-saying-no/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-07-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee. (Here&amp;#39;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.) See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- For ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freelanceblogging.easyonlinejobsreview.com/more-work-for-accountants-president-obamas-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-07-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee. (Here&amp;#39;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.) See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- For ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://staringfrog.com/legalnews/2010/07/more-work-for-accountants-president-obamas-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-06-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Rangel makes a president a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970), who died in committee . A (LIENA? SA text link: http://www. Govtrack. Us / congress / bill text. XPD? Bill = H110-3970.) &#194; &#194; see art. 3201 bill. (C) Definitions and Special rule for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uktaxreduction.co.uk/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-06-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Hungerford Acting Section Research Manager HR 3970, introduced in the 110th Congress by then-Chairman Charles Rangel of the House Committee on Ways and Means, includes corporate tax revisions, trading a lower rate for a broader tax base ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.pennyhill.com/?p=3800&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-06-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R. 3970, introduced in the 110th Congress by then-Chairman Charles Rangel of the House Committee on Ways and Means, includes corporate tax revisions, trading a lower rate for a broader tax base as part of the revenue neutral reform ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://economic-legislation.blogspot.com/2010/06/corporate-tax-reform-issues-for.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Dent&amp;#39;s HR 4039, Ending Defensive Medicine and Encouraging Innovative Reforms Act2. Camp&amp;#39;s HR 4038, Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act3. Boehner&amp;#39;s HR 3970, Medical Rights and Reform Act 4. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hianswers.com/health-system/conservatives-what-do-you-propose-we-do-to-fix-the-health-care-system.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-05-23:/commentary/8361789</id>
    <updated>2010-05-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee. (Here&amp;#39;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.) See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- For ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newhealthcarebillfacts.org/more-work-for-accountants-president-obamas-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-04-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Y., proposed applying payroll taxes to service-sector S corporation income as part of his trial-balloon &amp;quot;mother of all tax reforms&amp;quot; bill, the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (HR 3970). At the time, the Joint Committee on Taxation ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rothcpa.com/archives/005969.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-04-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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... &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3400, &#8220;Empowering Patients First Act&#8221; (Republican Study Committee bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill), &amp;quot;Coverage,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bottlefieldbend.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-oh-why-cant-we-have-decent-media.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Additional Funding to Fight fraud, Waste and Abuse. Health reform increases funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Fund by $250 million over the next decade. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vernedalights.blogspot.com/2010/04/healthcare-reform-policies-to-crack.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Additional Funding to Fight fraud, Waste and Abuse. Health reform increases funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Fund by $250 million over the next decade. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vlights.posterous.com/healthcare-reform-policies-to-crack-down-on-w&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-04-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Y tambi&#233;n tienen compa&#241;&#237;a en la C&#225;mara de Representantes donde un proyecto del mismo tenor, el H.R 3970 fue presentado para la misma &#233;poca. Resto del mundo. Si &#233;stas son las reglas del juego que los pol&#237;ticos de turno esperan imponer en ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://irisambigua.net/?p=2708&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-29:/commentary/7995034</id>
    <updated>2010-03-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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It came from HR 3970, from Mark Kirk. Besides, the whole plan has been compared to Republican ideas. It&amp;#39;s amazingly similar to the Massachusetts plan that Mitt Romney has championed. It&amp;#39;s very similar to the Republicans 1993 alternative ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2010/03/obama_tea_party_partly_old_par.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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These provisions are identical to the provision offered in the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007, H.R. 3970, during the 110th Congress. Economic theory suggests there is an economically optimal U.S. tax rate for foreign firms that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://economic-legislation.blogspot.com/2010/03/tax-treaty-legislation-in-111th.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Additional Funding to Fight fraud, Waste and. Abuse. Health reform increases funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Fund by $250 million over the next decade. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theinformeracts.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-facts-on-health-care-law.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1495/show. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3400/show. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3218/show. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3970/show ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/03/24/the-long-reach-of-obamacare/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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His proposal, H.R. 3970, the Medical Rights and Reform Act implements real reforms to ensure better, more affordable health care is available for all Americans. The Medical Rights and Reform Act achieves these goals without raising ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metrowny.com/blogs/archives/432-Republicians-Alternative-Health-Care-Plan-75b0xw00d.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)); Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mealstomemories.com/2/post/2010/3/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit2.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)); Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mealstomemories.com/2/post/2010/03/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit2.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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(Sources: HR 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)); Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows employee ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cheffer57.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/republican-ideas-included-in-the-healthcare-reform-bill-and-yet-not-a-single-yes-vote/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)) &#187; Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://southernfemalelawyer.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/any-teabagger-apologists-out-there/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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H.R. 3970 protects the doctor-patient relationship, as I believe no government bureaucrat should come between your family&amp;#39;s health care decisions and your doctor&amp;#39;s medical advice. After talking with medical practitioners, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://caryconover.blogspot.com/2010/03/hcr-letter-from-us-rep-schock.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2010-03-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). Expanded Access to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. Increasing access to the health care integrity data bank will improve coordination and information sharing in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://guruologist.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/republican-ideas-included-in-the-presidents-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) - Liability of Medicare Administrative Contractors for Claims Submitted by Excluded Providers. In attacking fraud, it is critical to ensure the contractors that are paying claims are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/what-is-going-to-happen-2/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Global Competitiveness and the Corporation Income Tax | The ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2009/04/Global-Competitiveness-and-the-Corporation-Income-Tax" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-12:/commentary/8417661</id>
    <updated>2010-03-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Heritage Foundation Papers: Economy </name>
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The corporate rate cut is the approach favored in recent tax legislation (H.R. 3970) introduced by Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. While any meaningful tax reform must necessarily ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2009/04/Global-Competitiveness-and-the-Corporation-Income-Tax&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Republican Ideas Included In The President&amp;#39;s Proposal &#8211; Yet Still ...</title>
    <link href="http://guruologist.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/republican-ideas-included-in-the-presidents-proposal-yet-still-no-support-from-the-gnop/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-12:/commentary/7843638</id>
    <updated>2010-03-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>JamesJonesPost.com </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). Community Mental Health Centers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal ensures that individuals have access to comprehensive mental health services in the community setting, but strengthens ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://guruologist.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/republican-ideas-included-in-the-presidents-proposal-yet-still-no-support-from-the-gnop/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Obama Healthcare Monument - Blogcritics Politics</title>
    <link href="http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-obama-healthcare-monument/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-08:/commentary/8264842</id>
    <updated>2010-03-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>All articles at Blogcritics </name>
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This will reduce fraud, and also allows for the exclusion from the Medicare program of individuals who have filed false claims , (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) * Expanded access to the Health Care Data Bank allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-obama-healthcare-monument/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Reduce Bill &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Health Care All Of Us Want ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.thinbill.com/the-health-care-all-of-us-want-%C2%AB-home-with-rodiogal" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-06:/commentary/7783213</id>
    <updated>2010-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reduce Bill </name>
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This will reduce fraud, and also allows for the exclusion from the Medicare program of individuals who have filed false claims , (Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) ... The American people are not as worried about who is in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thinbill.com/the-health-care-all-of-us-want-%C2%AB-home-with-rodiogal&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Health Care All Of Us Want &#171; @ HOME WITH RODIOGAL</title>
    <link href="http://jeanniedanna.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-health-care-all-of-us-want/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-03-06:/commentary/7783212</id>
    <updated>2010-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>@ HOME WITH RODIOGAL </name>
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This will reduce fraud, and also allows for the exclusion from the Medicare program of individuals who have filed false claims , (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). * Expanded access to the Health Care Data Bank allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jeanniedanna.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-health-care-all-of-us-want/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Violence Worker!: The Health Care Summit</title>
    <link href="http://www.violenceworker.com/my_weblog/2010/02/the-health-care-summit.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-27:/commentary/7693406</id>
    <updated>2010-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Violence Worker! </name>
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o (Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)) * Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.violenceworker.com/my_weblog/2010/02/the-health-care-summit.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Health Care All Of Us Want - Blogcritics Politics</title>
    <link href="http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-health-care-all-of-us2/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-25:/commentary/7742277</id>
    <updated>2010-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>All articles at Blogcritics </name>
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... based on participation in employer wellness programs. these are employer based (Sources: H.R. 3468, (Castle Bill); H.R. 4038,(Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970,(Kirk bill),&amp;quot;Coverage, Prevention and Reform Act&amp;quot;) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-health-care-all-of-us2/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Your Guide to the WH Health Care Summit - Blog - OpenCongress</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1637" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-25:/commentary/10918908</id>
    <updated>2010-02-25T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Donny Shaw</name>
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Link Reply. + 0. &amp;amp;darr;. &amp;amp;uarr; Overall Rating: 5.0 | 0 of 0 found useful. you need to have the richest men in the world here in the debate their the real controllers of the goverment&#8230;all this talk talk talk&#8230;&#8230;. Filtered Comment [ show ] ... W&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1637&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Repubs shut out of health care reform debate? I think not...</title>
    <link href="http://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com/2010/02/repubs-shut-out-of-health-care-reform.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-24:/commentary/7693409</id>
    <updated>2010-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>hummingbirdminds </name>
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(Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). I just read Sen. Enzi&amp;#39;s ten-point plan for reforming health care. I even went to the extended version incorporated into a Senate bill. I now have a headache. I can&amp;#39;t find anything about ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com/2010/02/repubs-shut-out-of-health-care-reform.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>If you want the whole truth, you&amp;#39;ve got to go to the smaller blogs ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.correntewire.com/if_you_want_whole_truth_youve_got_go_smaller_blogs" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-23:/commentary/7693405</id>
    <updated>2010-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>vastleft's blog </name>
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The (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;, Roskam Amendment offered in House Ways &amp;amp; Means Committee markup). He really loves him some Republican ideas, doesn&amp;#39;t he? Still looking in vain for the single-payer idea. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.correntewire.com/if_you_want_whole_truth_youve_got_go_smaller_blogs&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>21st Century Taxation: Wyden-Gregg Bipartisan Tax Fairness and ...</title>
    <link href="http://21stcenturytaxation.blogspot.com/2010/02/wyden-gregg-bipartisan-tax-fairness-and.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-23:/commentary/7684863</id>
    <updated>2010-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>21st Century Taxation </name>
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Will Congressman Rangel be reintroducing his H.R. 3970 of the 110th Congress (the &amp;quot;mother of all reforms&amp;quot;)? It would be good to see tax reform being discussed in the House Ways &amp;amp; Means Committee. I think a better starting point would be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://21stcenturytaxation.blogspot.com/2010/02/wyden-gregg-bipartisan-tax-fairness-and.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The President&amp;#39;s Proposal For Health Care &#171; What&amp;#39;s Behind Doerr ...</title>
    <link href="http://wbdno.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/the-presidents-proposal-for-health-care/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-23:/commentary/7672015</id>
    <updated>2010-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>What's Behind Doerr Number One </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). Use of Technology for Real-Time Data Review. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal speeds access to claims data to identify potentially fraudulent payments more quickly. It establishes a system for ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wbdno.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/the-presidents-proposal-for-health-care/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Still Going for Gold | Capital Thinking Health Care</title>
    <link href="http://www.capitalthinkinghealthcare.com/?p=339" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7693408</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Capital Thinking Health Care </name>
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The President included several fraud and abuse provisions that were included in H.R. 3970, the &#8220;Medical Rights and Reform Act,&#8221; or H.R. 3400, the &#8220;Empowering Patients First Act.&#8221; On Thursday, President Obama is convening a bipartisan ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.capitalthinkinghealthcare.com/?p=339&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Understanding the President&amp;#39;s Health Reform Proposal | Committee ...</title>
    <link href="http://crfb.org/blogs/understanding-presidents-health-reform-proposal" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7684862</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CRFB.org - The Bottom Line </name>
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New &amp;quot;Waste, Fraud, and Abuse&amp;quot; Provisions from Kirk Bill (H.R. 3970), N/A, N/A, Background checks of Medicare billing agencies, exclusing individuals making fraudulent Medicare claims, better fraud informations sharing, hold Medicare ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://crfb.org/blogs/understanding-presidents-health-reform-proposal&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Summary Of Obama&amp;#39;s Proposal For Health Care Reform &#171; Emptysuit</title>
    <link href="http://emptysuit.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/summary-of-obamas-proposal-for-health-care-reform/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7684861</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Emptysuit </name>
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o (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) &#8226; Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://emptysuit.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/summary-of-obamas-proposal-for-health-care-reform/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Full Text: Obama&amp;#39;s health care proposal | Seattle/LocalHealthGuide</title>
    <link href="http://localhealthguideonline.com/full-text-obamas-health-care-proposal/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7672018</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Seattle/LocalHealthGuide </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://localhealthguideonline.com/full-text-obamas-health-care-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>White House Pressures Republicans For Health Plan As GOP Swats At ...</title>
    <link href="http://political-buzz.com/2010/02/23/white-house-pressures-republicans-for-health-plan-as-gop-swats-at-presidents-non-starter/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7672017</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Political Buzz </name>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://political-buzz.com/2010/02/23/white-house-pressures-republicans-for-health-plan-as-gop-swats-at-presidents-non-starter/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Democrats Seek to Advance Agenda Via Lies &#187; Blogs For Victory</title>
    <link href="http://blogsforvictory.com/2010/02/23/democrats-seek-to-advance-agenda-via-lies/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-22:/commentary/7672016</id>
    <updated>2010-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Blogs For Victory </name>
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o (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) * Liability of Medicare Administrative Contractors for Claims Submitted by Excluded Providers. In attacking fraud, it is critical to ensure the contractors that are paying claims are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogsforvictory.com/2010/02/23/democrats-seek-to-advance-agenda-via-lies/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Obama&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal - Full Text</title>
    <link href="http://www.pacificprogressive.com/2010/02/obamas-health-care-proposal-full-text.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/9988243</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pacific Progressive </name>
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(Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; ( Kirk bill)). Expanded Access to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. Increasing access to the health care integrity data bank will improve coordination and information ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pacificprogressive.com/2010/02/obamas-health-care-proposal-full-text.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Republican Ideas Included in the President&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal</title>
    <link href="http://rantsforamerica.blogspot.com/2010/02/republican-ideas-included-in-presidents.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/9582798</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Rants for America </name>
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(Source: HR 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) Expanded Access to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. Increasing access to the health care integrity data bank will improve coordination and information sharing in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rantsforamerica.blogspot.com/2010/02/republican-ideas-included-in-presidents.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Stricter supervision of Medicare billing agencies &#171; HealthReformStat</title>
    <link href="http://healthreformstat.com/2010/02/22/stricter-supervision-of-medicare-billing-agencies/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/9054583</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>HealthReformStat </name>
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Under a provision in H.R. 3970 (the &#8220;Medical Rights and Reform Act of 2009&#8243;), billing agencies and agents who submit claims to Medicare, who will be required to register with HHS and may be denied registration for various reasons. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://healthreformstat.com/2010/02/22/stricter-supervision-of-medicare-billing-agencies/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Full Text: Obama&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal - Kaiser Health News</title>
    <link href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2010/february/22/obama-health-care-proposal.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/8273325</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>All Kaiser Health News </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2010/february/22/obama-health-care-proposal.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>An outline of the President&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal</title>
    <link href="http://blog.eindividualhealth.com/?p=79" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/8257194</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>eIndividualHealth.com | Blog </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)) Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.eindividualhealth.com/?p=79&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Obama&amp;#39;s Plan &#8230; what do you think? - Breakdown of America</title>
    <link href="http://www.breakdownofamerica.com/2010/02/22/obamas-plan-what-do-you-think/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/8109930</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Breakdown of America </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Study of Universal Product Numbers Claims Forms for Selected Items and Services under the Medicare Program. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal requires HHS to study and issue a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.breakdownofamerica.com/2010/02/22/obamas-plan-what-do-you-think/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Obama Health Care Plan Meeting Or Is It More Politics As Usual</title>
    <link href="http://obamavideonews.com/2010/02/obama-health-care-plan-meeting-or-is-it-more-politics-as-usual/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7773000</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Barack Obama Video </name>
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o (Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;) * Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://obamavideonews.com/2010/02/obama-health-care-plan-meeting-or-is-it-more-politics-as-usual/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beck falsely claims Obama health care proposal puts &amp;quot;everything ...</title>
    <link href="http://newspoodle.posterous.com/beck-falsely-claims-obama-health-care-proposa" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7693410</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>newspoodle&amp;#39;s posterous </name>
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(Source: HR 3970, &amp;quot;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&amp;quot; (Kirk bill)). HIPDB created by 1996 legislation. From the website of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank: The Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://newspoodle.posterous.com/beck-falsely-claims-obama-health-care-proposa&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Fair flat tax act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://afanasyi-aristophanes.leonconsultantsandcommunications.com/undercons_archivos/photos/hblogs/10022300/fair-flat-tax-act-of-2007/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7684864</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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1111 &#195;&#162;&#194;&#8364;&#194;&#8220; 110th Congress), introduced by Senator Ron Wyden ... the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (HR 3970), which focused ...&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Linder first sponsored the &amp;quot;Fair Tax Act&amp;quot; in the House in July of 1999, . ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://afanasyi-aristophanes.leonconsultantsandcommunications.com/undercons_archivos/photos/hblogs/10022300/fair-flat-tax-act-of-2007/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Beck falsely claims Obama health care proposal puts &amp;quot;everything ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7672020</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). HIPDB created by 1996 legislation. From the website of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://foxnewswatchdog.com/?p=6731&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Anti-fraud provisions in White House proposal</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7672019</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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The White House summary of new proposed measures to &#8220;crack down on waste, fraud and abuse&#8221; include a number of provisions from HR 3970, the &#8220;Medical Rights and Reform Act&#8221; sponsored by Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) and 12 Republican ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://healthreformstat.com/2010/02/22/anti-fraud-provisions-in-white-house-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medicare Update: President Obama Releases Health Care Reform Proposal</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658745</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Medicare Update </name>
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Some of the above policies were originally contained in the Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act of 2009 (H.R.3970), which was introduced in December 2009 by Representative Mark Kirk. For more information, see President Obama&amp;#39;s proposal. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2010/02/obamahealthcarereformproposal.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Republican Ideas included in the President&amp;#39;s Proposal &#8230; &#171; Point ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658744</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). Community Mental Health Centers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal ensures that individuals have access to comprehensive mental health services in the community setting, but strengthens ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ynative77.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/republican-ideas-included-in-the-presidents-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>ALL EYES ON OBAMA: Beck falsely claims Obama health care proposal ...</title>
    <link href="http://alleyesonabama.blogspot.com/2010/02/beck-falsely-claims-obama-health-care.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658743</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &amp;quot;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&amp;quot; (Kirk bill)). HIPDB created by 1996 legislation. From the website of the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://alleyesonabama.blogspot.com/2010/02/beck-falsely-claims-obama-health-care.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Crew of 42</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658742</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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(Sources: H.R. 4038, &#8220;Common Sense Health Care Reform &amp;amp; Accountability Act&#8221; (Republican Substitute bill); H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill). Allows automatic enrollment by employers in health insurance: Allows ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crewof42.com/?p=1172&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Obama&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal &#171; The Policy Center</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658741</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Policy Center </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Study of Universal Product Numbers Claims Forms for Selected Items and Services under the Medicare Program. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal requires HHS to study and issue a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thepolicycenter.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/obamas-health-care-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Full Text: Obama&amp;#39;s Health Care Proposal - Kaiser Health News</title>
    <link href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/February/22/Obama-Health-Care-Proposal.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658740</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Daily Report </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221; (Kirk bill)). Limiting Debt Discharge in Bankruptcies of Fraudulent Health Care Providers or Suppliers. The President&amp;#39;s Proposal will assist in recovering overpayments made to providers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/February/22/Obama-Health-Care-Proposal.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Healthcare, Technology &amp;amp; Government 2.0: Whitehouse Health Reform ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-21:/commentary/7658739</id>
    <updated>2010-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Healthcare, Technology &amp; Government 2.0 </name>
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(Source: H.R. 3970, &#8220;Medical Rights &amp;amp; Reform Act&#8221;). Expanded Access to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank. Increasing access to the health care integrity data bank will improve coordination and information sharing in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ahier.blogspot.com/2010/02/whitehouse-health-reform-proposal-with.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#8226; More Work for Accountants! President Obama&amp;#39;s Corporate Tax ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-20:/commentary/7645722</id>
    <updated>2010-02-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>My Taxes </name>
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&#194; Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee.&#194; (Here&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.)&#194; &#194; See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mytaxes.hostzi.com/5371/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sen. Bennet&amp;#39;s push to pass health care reform by reconciliation (4 ...</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/02/19/sen-bennet%E2%80%99s-push-to-pass-health-care-reform-by-reconciliation-4-letters/8224/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-18:/commentary/8959810</id>
    <updated>2010-02-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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HR 3970 introduced on 10/29/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3970/show. HR 1086 introduced on 2/13/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1086/show. HR 2607 introduced on 5/21/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2607/ ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/02/19/sen-bennet%E2%80%99s-push-to-pass-health-care-reform-by-reconciliation-4-letters/8224/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sen. Bennet&amp;#39;s push to pass health care reform by reconciliation (4 ...</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/02/19/sen-bennet%E2%80%99s-push-to-pass-health-care-reform-by-reconciliation-4-letters/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-18:/commentary/7645723</id>
    <updated>2010-02-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Denver Post: All Blogs </name>
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HR 3970 introduced on 10/29/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3970/show. HR 1086 introduced on 2/13/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1086/show. HR 2607 introduced on 5/21/09. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2607/ ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/02/19/sen-bennet%E2%80%99s-push-to-pass-health-care-reform-by-reconciliation-4-letters/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The need for a functioning federal government (2 letters) | eLetters</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-13:/commentary/7773001</id>
    <updated>2010-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Denver Post: All Blogs </name>
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HR 3970 introduced on 10/29/09. HR 1086 introduced on 2/13/09. HR 2607 introduced on 5/21/09. HR 3468 introduced on 7/31/09. HR 3821 introduced on 10/15/09. HR 3887 introduced on 10/21/09. From what I&amp;#39;ve seen, none of them made it out ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.denverpost.com/eletters/2010/02/14/the-need-for-a-functioning-federal-government-2-letters/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack: Americans Need Solutions that Create ...</title>
    <link href="http://iepolitics.com/2010/01/31/congresswoman-mary-bono-mack-americans-need-solutions-that-create-jobs-and-boost-our-economy/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-30:/commentary/7658746</id>
    <updated>2010-01-30T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>iePolitics.com </name>
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A responsible health care plan (H.R. 3970) that expands health care coverage, reduces costs, and protects the doctor-patient relationship, ensuring better care and coverage for Americans. Medical liability reform (H.R. 1086) that will ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iepolitics.com/2010/01/31/congresswoman-mary-bono-mack-americans-need-solutions-that-create-jobs-and-boost-our-economy/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack: Americans Need Solutions that Create ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-30:/commentary/7599452</id>
    <updated>2010-01-30T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>iePolitics.com </name>
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A responsible health care plan (H.R. 3970) that expands health care coverage, reduces costs, and protects the doctor-patient relationship, ensuring better care and coverage for Americans. Medical liability reform (H.R. 1086) that will ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iepolitics.com/?p=451&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Economic Legislation: Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Family</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-01-14:/commentary/7599451</id>
    <updated>2010-01-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Economic Legislation </name>
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A recent proposal by Chairman Rangel of the Ways and Means Committee, H.R. 3970, proposes some important changes in family tax treatment, including an expansion in the earned income credit for families without children. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://economic-legislation.blogspot.com/2010/01/federal-income-tax-treatment-of-family.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NFCA President&amp;#39;s Blog: An Update on the Tax Issues &#8211; Federal and State</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-12-08:/commentary/6914537</id>
    <updated>2009-12-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
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He said he expects to use the base-broadening approach of his original wide-ranging reform bill, introduced in the last Congress as H.R. 3970, as a starting point. &#8220;I think before the year is out, I&amp;#39;ll be able to find out what kind of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nfcapresident.typepad.com/nfca_presidents_blog/2009/12/an-update-on-the-tax-issues-federal-and-state.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Glimpse of Obama Administration&amp;#39;s Changes in Taxation of U.S. ...</title>
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    <updated>2009-12-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
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See H.R. 3970, &amp;quot;Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007,&amp;quot; section 3201. Deferral of Current Use of Foreign Related Deductions. The first major reform under the Obama Administration&amp;#39;s proposals would be to allow certain &amp;quot;foreign-related ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fedtaxdevelopments.foxrothschild.com/2009/12/articles/federal-tax-legislation/glimpse-of-obama-administrations-changes-in-taxation-of-us-based-multinationals/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-27:/commentary/6809137</id>
    <updated>2009-11-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Chairman Rangel made a proposal in 2007 (HR 3970) which died in committee. (Here&amp;#39;s a link to the text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3970.) See Sec. 3201 of the bill. (c) Definitions and Special Rule- For ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hardstone.info/article/more-work-for-accountants-president-obama%E2%80%99s-corporate-tax-proposal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-14:/commentary/6723833</id>
    <updated>2009-11-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill in the House, HR 3970, would elliminate the bbid program but preserve th e projectec savings to Medicwre through a series of cuts to home medical reimbursements to match the projected savings. The lkegislation would also allow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/omarwarwick/post114514804/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#187; Congressman Chris Lee Votes for Common Sense, Fiscally ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-07:/commentary/6629960</id>
    <updated>2009-11-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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His proposal, H.R. 3970, the Medical Rights and Reform Act, implements real reforms to ensure better, more affordable health care is available for all Americans. The Medical Rights and Reform Act achieves these goals without raising ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://monroerising.com/2009/11/08/congressman-chris-lee-votes-for-common-sense-fiscally-responsible-health-care-reform/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Illinois Review: Kirk defies Pelosi&amp;#39;s claim her bill &amp;quot;puts you and ...</title>
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    <updated>2009-11-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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On Friday night, Congressman Kirk offered H.R. 2516, the Medical Rights Act, as an amendment to the Speaker Pelosi&amp;#39;s bill (H.R. 3970). The Medical Rights Act would prohibit the government from compromising the doctor-patient ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/11/kirk-defies-pelosis-claim-her-bill-puts-you-and-your-doctor-in-charge.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2009-11-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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By Warner Todd Huston Thursday, November 5, 2009. On Thursday, I introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970) &#8211; a centrist alternative for health care reform that lowers costs and expands coverage without raising taxes. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16575&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R.4038: Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/commentary/8471403</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Dent&amp;#39;s HR 4039, Ending Defensive Medicine and Encouraging Innovative Reforms Act2. Camp&amp;#39;s HR 4038, Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act3. Boehner&amp;#39;s HR 3970, Medical Rights and Reform Act 4. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4038/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2009-11-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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On Thursday, I introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (HR 3970) &#8211; a centrist alternative for health care reform that lowers costs and expands coverage without raising taxes. When Speaker Pelosi unveiled the final version of her ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://billjcanada.multiply.com/journal/item/1430/Pelosi_Health_Care_Bill_Raises_Taxes_730_Billion&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Pelosi Health Care Bill Raises Taxes $730 Billion</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/commentary/6605231</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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On Thursday, I introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (HR 3970) &#8211; a centrist alternative for health care reform that lowers costs and expands coverage without raising taxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16575#When:17:46:05Z&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Pelosi Health Care Bill Raises Taxes $730 Billion &#171; Publius Forum</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/commentary/6594453</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Publius Forum </name>
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On Thursday, I introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970) &#8211; a centrist alternative for health care reform that lowers costs and expands coverage without raising taxes. When Speaker Pelosi unveiled the final version of her ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/11/05/pelosi-health-care-bill-raises-taxes-730-billion/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Pelosi Health Care Bill Raises Taxes $730 Billion</title>
    <link href="http://www.weareillinois.org/connect/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=7804" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-01:/commentary/6605232</id>
    <updated>2009-11-01T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>We Are Illinois: ILGOP </name>
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On Thursday, I introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (HR 3970) &#8211; a centrist alternative for health care reform that lowers costs and expands coverage without raising taxes. When Speaker Pelosi unveiled the final version of her ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.weareillinois.org/connect/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=7804&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Tom S.F.O.: An Open Letter to My Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson</title>
    <link href="http://tomsfo1.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-my-congresswoman-debbie.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-30:/commentary/6547068</id>
    <updated>2009-10-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Tom SFO </name>
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Instead I urge you to vote for H.R. 3970. This bill will fix what we now have. 1) The government should not interfere with my health care. It is between me and my doctor. 2) We need to eliminate the waste and fraud in the system. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tomsfo1.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-letter-to-my-congresswoman-debbie.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Kirk Introduces Centrist Republican Alternative to Pelosi Health ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.cdobs.com/archive/syndicated/kirk-introduces-centrist-republican-alternative-to-pelosi-health-care-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/7599450</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Chicago Daily Observer </name>
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Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) today introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970), a centrist Republican alternative to lower health care costs and expand insurance coverage without raising taxes, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdobs.com/archive/syndicated/kirk-introduces-centrist-republican-alternative-to-pelosi-health-care-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Inside the Pelosi Health Care Bill</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6741932</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>We Are Illinois: ILGOP </name>
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Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi introduced her health care bill (HR 3962) and I introduced a Republican alternative (HR 3970). I believe we should pass some key reforms and reject others because they will harm our health care and our economy. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.weareillinois.org/connect/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=7776&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Illinois Review: Kirk Introduces Centrist Republican Alternative ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6605230</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Illinois Review </name>
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Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) today introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970), a centrist Republican alternative to lower health care costs and expand insurance coverage without raising taxes, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/10/kirk-introduces-centrist-republican-alternative-to-pelosi-health-care-bill.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Health Care Reform Continues to Confuse &#171; Small Biz Health Insurance</title>
    <link href="http://mbnewman.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/health-care-reform-continues-to-confuse/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6564504</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Small Biz Health Insurance </name>
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On the other side of the isle, H.R. 3970 (R) offers to give Americans the right to buy insurance from any state in the union. Unfortunately for all of us, this is not a realistic cost saving measure. The reason for the discrepancy in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mbnewman.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/health-care-reform-continues-to-confuse/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Rep. Mark Kirk: What&amp;#39;s Inside the Pelosi Health Care Bill ...</title>
    <link href="http://healthcarehorserace.com/activism/10302009/rep-mark-kirk-whats-inside-the-pelosi-health-care-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6564503</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Healthcare Horserace </name>
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Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi introduced her health care bill (H.R. 3962) and I introduced a Republican alternative (H.R. 3970). I believe we should pass some key reforms and reject others because they will harm our health care and our ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://healthcarehorserace.com/activism/10302009/rep-mark-kirk-whats-inside-the-pelosi-health-care-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Kirk Introduces Centrist Republican Alternative to Pelosi Health ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6537779</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Chicago Daily Observer </name>
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Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) today introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970), a centrist Republican alternative to lower health care costs and expand insurance coverage without raising taxes, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdobs.com/archive/syndicated/kirk-introduces-centrist-republican-alternative-to-pelosi-health-care-bill,84175&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Rep. Mark Kirk: What&amp;#39;s Inside the Pelosi Health Care Bill ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/10/30/rep-mark-kirk-whats-inside-the-pelosi-health-care-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/commentary/6535001</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Publius Forum </name>
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Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi introduced her health care bill (H.R. 3962) and I introduced a Republican alternative (H.R. 3970). I believe we should pass some key reforms and reject others because they will harm our health care and our ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/10/30/rep-mark-kirk-whats-inside-the-pelosi-health-care-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: HR 3970: To protect the doctor-patient ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-27:/commentary/6555635</id>
    <updated>2009-10-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Mark Kirk [R-IL10] introduced HR 3970: To protect the doctor-patient relationship, improve the quality of health care services, lower the costs of health care services, expand access to health care services, and for other purposes. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3970&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>H.R.3970: To protect the doctor-patient relationship, improve the ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-27:/commentary/6533423</id>
    <updated>2009-10-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for HR3970 To protect the doctor-patient relationship, improve the quality of health care services, lower the costs of health care services, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3970/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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