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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Long-Term Care Insurance Expands Under Health Law - NYTimes.com

Today's favorite little-known benefit of #hcr - a voluntary public insurance plan for long-term care http://nyti.ms/c8lHXt [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11345362476]

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HUDNo.10-059/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

HUD Awards $49 Million in Grants to Help Low-Income Families Receive Job Training, Employment http://bit.ly/aD3H6U [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11328723088]

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links for 2010-03-30

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Insurance industry agrees to fix kids coverage... - Google News Top Stories - FriendFeed

Good. Why they thought it was a good idea to be seen denying coverage to little kids, I don't know. re: http://ff.im/imr4K [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11308505286]

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http://www.firstfocus.net/Download/rosenbaum.10-3.28.pdf

Legal memo (PDF) refuting insurance company arguments against having to cover kids w/ pre-existing http://bit.ly/aHJMN7 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11279690065]

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links for 2010-03-29

Monday, March 29, 2010

Women in Finance Symposium - a set on Flickr

RT @USTreasuryDept: Check out pictures from today's Women in Finance Symposium #WIF http://bit.ly/dmaVrq // some awesome powerful women here [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11262140153]

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links for 2010-03-28

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com

Liked "The Rage Is Not About Health Care - New York Times" http://ff.im/-ifoiy [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11173752174]

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GOP's health care strategy: Repeal and replace -... - Google News Top Stories - FriendFeed

replace with what? they never say re: http://ff.im/iffw6 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11170987348]

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Reid serves tea and donut holes to Republicans - Al-Muhajabah's Jottings

Reid serves tea and donut holes to Republicans http://post.ly/VxF1 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11164725477]

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Congressional Memo - A Health Legislation Fail-Safe Works, but Not as Expected - NYTimes.com

Liked "A Health Legislation Fail-Safe Works, but Not as Expected - New York Times" http://ff.im/-ieYxY [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11164567317]

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links for 2010-03-27

Saturday, March 27, 2010

UPDATE 1-Healthcare changes head to Obama for signature| Reuters

Liked "Healthcare changes head to Obama for signature - Reuters" http://ff.im/-ic3PI [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11118228516]

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EPA proposes blocking largest mountaintop mine in West Virginia - KansasCity.com

Liked "EPA proposes blocking largest mountaintop mine in West Virginia - Kansas City Star" http://ff.im/-ibTfV [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11115462629]

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Jobless benefits to expire as Congress fails to... - Google News Top Stories - FriendFeed

what I don't get is that on March 10, the Senate passed an extension thru December but the House has not acted... re: http://ff.im/iboaW [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11109653830]

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YouTube - What's in the Health Care Bill for Women?

RT @DemWarRoom: What the #hcr law does for women - @nwlc, @RHRealityCheck & Sen. Mikulski weigh in: http://bit.ly/bvOpIi #fem2 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11105311897]

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Obama readies steps to fight foreclosures, particularly for unemployed - washingtonpost.com

Liked "Obama readies steps to fight foreclosures, particularly for unemployed - Washington Post" http://ff.im/-i8jgE [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11071475173]

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Big Expansion in Effort to Aid Homeowners Is Proposed - NYTimes.com

Liked "US Plans to Expand Aid to Troubled Homeowners - New York Times" http://ff.im/-i7Wmc [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11062920446]

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Don't get distracted, progressives! Focus on #hcr - Al-Muhajabah's Jottings

Don't get distracted, progressives! Focus on #hcr http://post.ly/VUdd [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11055238932]

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Rep. Reichert in DC hospital for treatment

Rep. Reichert in DC hospital for treatment http://bit.ly/cUyK5y // hope he is better soon (he is my Representative) [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11054450175]

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Sen. Mikulski speaks about impact of #hcr on women after pass... on Twitpic

@DemWarRoom http://twitpic.com/1avrje - The first time I saw Sen Mikulski I said "Wow she's short". My mom said "You too can be a US Senator [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11054355251]

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Ezra Klein - Ron Pollack explains how the bill might cover even more than 95% of the country

@singlepayer good overview of the remaining uninsured at http://bit.ly/93uZi8 - support immigration reform, organize to get ppl on Medicaid [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/11037169359]

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All the President's Pens on Vimeo

All the President's Pens http://bit.ly/aBs0fC // apparently 22 isn't even close to a record, after all [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10993367132]

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YouTube - Gregoire fires back at McKenna

Wow, my governor is bad-ass. @GovGregoire responds to WA state's Republican AG, who filed suit against #hcr law: http://bit.ly/9PrDCX [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10964030279]

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Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

RT @jonathanhsinger: Obama approval up a net 10 points in the last six days in Gallup poll http://j.mp/C8X6q [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10944020333]

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Politics Northwest | Gregoire attacks McKenna's plan to sue over health-care law | Seattle Times Newspaper

MT @GovGregoire We shld b working 2 get affordable healthcare 4 as many ppl as poss not trying 2 take it away from them http://bit.ly/cAAUx9 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10901387075]

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Democrats blast McKenna over health care challenge | KING5.com | Seattle and Washington Political News

RT @hdccomm: Gov Gregoire vows to fight State AG's challenge to health care bill: http://bit.ly/cctIw2 #hcr (via @KING5Seattle) //good [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10897780921]

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Democrats blast McKenna over health care challenge | KING5.com | Seattle News and Video

Washington state will sue to challenge health care bill http://bit.ly/aBenLj // blue state, wingnut AG, this is what you get *sigh* [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10888557275]

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What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Startups and VCs? - ReadWriteStart

What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Startups and VCs? http://bit.ly/acPV2s // post on a tech blog not a healthcare blog [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10886440815]

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links for 2010-03-26

Friday, March 26, 2010

http://bit.ly/benTgF

Make That the Nas-Tea Party: http://bit.ly/benTgF // apparently there were anti-Semitic, anti-Hispanic & every other type of bigots there [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10805992722]

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links for 2010-03-25

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Obama: "We're a Day Away" - CBS News Video

RT @MWJ1231: RT @CBSNews: Video: Obama: "We're a Day Away". http://bit.ly/bSHJPq [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10790543855]

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http://digg.com/u1RDiz

MT @americablog: Teabagger protesters call civil rights hero, Rep. John Lewis, the n-word. Called B. Frank 'faggot' http://digg.com/u1RDiz [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10789862381]

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links for 2010-03-17

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/d61a.pdf

@lolaelizabeth the term's been used on Census for decades see 2000 http://bit.ly/d9O8qO 1990 http://bit.ly/cPJzpP older http://bit.ly/aiydmj [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10596181733]

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http://www.census.gov/prod/1/90dec/cph4/appdxe.pdf

@lolaelizabeth the term's been used on Census for decades see 2000 http://bit.ly/d9O8qO 1990 http://bit.ly/cPJzpP older http://bit.ly/aiydmj [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10596181733]

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http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02marv-pt2.pdf

@lolaelizabeth the term's been used on Census for decades see 2000 http://bit.ly/d9O8qO 1990 http://bit.ly/cPJzpP older http://bit.ly/aiydmj [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10596181733]

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Health care foes 11 votes shy of defeating bill - CNN.com

Health care foes 11 votes shy of defeating bill http://bit.ly/9YmwCz // interesting to phrase it this way rather than votes shy of passing [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10594913508]

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Would health care changes be felt immediately? - CNN.com

#hcr hasn't even passed yet & here is a "what will it do for you" story http://bit.ly/9dd9xJ // Dems, #pdtb and get to selling its benefits! [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10591321819]

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Republicans really don't have any self-awareness or memory of their own past actions - Al-Muhajabah's Jottings

Republicans really don't have any self-awareness or memory of their own past actions http://post.ly/TDsD [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10579415251]

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Balkinization

Law prof: "Deem and pass" is constitutional but House Dems need to take responsibility for what they pass http://bit.ly/9dS8BF #hcr [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10577468429]

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links for 2010-03-16

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Seattle PostGlobe | Community | Seattle Voices | Health care reform vote should be a litmus test

Need another reason to vote for #hcr ? It brings much-needed improvements to the Native American healthcare system http://bit.ly/b60bPM [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10545891461]

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Re: And Here We Go… - Swampland - TIME.com

MT @ktumulty: Re: And Here We Go... http://tinyurl.com/ylxqgns // as usual Repubs already did what they call "unprecedented" LM [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10539022175]

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Obama: We Will Get the Votes for Health Care Reform Bill - ABC News

Liked "Obama: We Will Get the Votes for Health Care Reform Bill - ABC News" http://ff.im/-hzeE3 [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10536835507]

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OPA News Release: US Labor Department to exercise authority to certify applications for U visas [3/15/2010]

DOL to exercise authority to certify applications for U visas http://bit.ly/cq9WTy // excellent news, this has been a LONG time in coming [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10534665826]

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Van Hollen memo lays out time line and messaging - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com

I think the Manager's Amendment mentioned here is how the sidebar becomes final reco bill POLITICO.com http://bit.ly/9JyOe0 #hcr [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10501448921]

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links for 2010-03-15

Monday, March 15, 2010

Is Obama winning? - The Week

RT @Karoli: Is Obama winning? ||Me: Hell yes. http://ff.im/-hvCTx [from http://twitter.com/muhajabah/statuses/10488658613]

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