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Health Care Law: How Politicians can Cooperate with Each Other
Health Care reform issues continue to generate polarized opinions and spark confrontations. Even as President Obama reveled in defeating opposition on health care, he admitted that he hasn’t succeeded in breaking down partisan gridlock and changing the tone in Washington as promised before his election. He said, “It hasn’t changed. Yet.” But now that the Health Care bill has been signed into law, it’s time to figure out how to work together. The following tips can benefit all kinds of relationships – political ones as well as your own: Minimize … Continue reading
Health Care Law: Progress or a Problem?
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi says, “We have added health care as a right, not a privilege. And when we did, we not only made history, we made progress for the American people.” And what about House Republican leader John Boehner’s opinion? He thinks: “We need to repeal this jobs-killing government takeover of health care and enact real reforms…without destroying jobs, raising taxes, cutting Medicare to create a new entitlement program or saddling our children and grandchildren with trillions in new debt.” The photo above, of Pelosi and Boehner … Continue reading
Women’s History Month: Courage and Lessons Learned
Women who have been honored over the past years during Women’s History Month all share one common trait – courage. The courage to try something new, to take a risk for what they believed in, to persist despite obstacles, to make a difference. Do you think of courage mainly in terms of men on the battlefield? The Encarta World English Dictionary defines courage more broadly, as: “the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action.” Women … Continue reading
