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Democrats aim to pursue a legislative agenda that reflects the interests =
of middle-class and working-class Americans. Although health care issues =
are an important component, many other matters deemed more pressing will =
largely consume Congress in 2007. Nevertheless, Democratic leaders =
included two health issues in their "Six for '06" agenda, which they =
planned to address quickly in the new Congress: empowering Medicare to =
negotiate prices of prescription drugs directly with manufacturers =
rather than through private health plans and expanding federal support =
for embryonic stem-cell research. Authorizing greater federal support =
for such research will remain difficult, since its advocates may be =
unable to muster enough votes to override another presidential veto.

The article: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1  (PDF =
available there too)

The MP3: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1/DC1

God bless,
Stephen
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For those of you interested in the =
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of health care, and the embryonic stem cell research issue, the New =
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Journal of Medicine has an article and audio interview on the =
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NEJM is a respected medical journal, but I've noticed that it tends to =
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promoting (subtly or not so subtly) political and moral issues from a =
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left-wing perspective - e.g. abortion, euthenasia, embryo research, stem =
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research, etc.  It's more like the medical version of Time magazine =
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times - lots of good medical articles, with significant agendas thrown =
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and there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From the article:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>Democrats aim to pursue a =
legislative agenda=20
that reflects the interests of middle-class and working-class Americans. =

Although health care issues are an important component, many other =
matters=20
deemed more pressing will largely consume Congress in 2007. =
Nevertheless,=20
Democratic leaders included two health issues in their "Six for '06" =
agenda,=20
which they planned to address quickly in the new Congress: empowering =
Medicare=20
to negotiate prices of prescription drugs directly with manufacturers =
rather=20
than through private health plans and expanding federal support for =
embryonic=20
stem-cell research. Authorizing greater federal support for such =
research will=20
remain difficult, since its advocates may be unable to muster enough =
votes to=20
override another presidential veto.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The article: <A=20
href=3D"http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1">http://content.=
nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1</A> =20
(PDF available there too)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The MP3: <A=20
href=3D"http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1/DC1">http://cont=
ent.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/1/1/DC1</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>God bless,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stephen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#808000>--<BR>Stephen =
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