| Above the Fold |
February 8, 2012 |
| White House backs down on birth control |
| By Erica Werner |
| Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control…Read more |
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| OTC drugs saves health care billions |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| For every dollar spent on over-the-counter medicines, the U.S. health care system saves $6 to $7—providing $102 billion in value each year, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association finds…Read more |
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 While this is constructive, it adds to our deficit and reduces tax revenue. I wish our elected politicians would sit down and balance our budget just like every citizen has to do. Instead they play gamesmanship with little attention getting benes!! 
-- Casey Roach, Senate committee reverses commuter benefit cut
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