| Above the Fold |
June 22, 2011 |
| Oops: a twist in Obama's health care law |
| By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
| President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed. Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Rules would speed up union elections |
| By Sam Hananel, AP |
| The National Labor Relations Board proposed sweeping new rules Tuesday to allow unions to hold workplace elections much more quickly, winning praise from Democrats and labor leaders who called it a long overdue fix to a broken system riddled with roadblocks and delays to union organizing. Read more |
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| Revenue, Medicare at heart of deficit talks |
| By David Espo |
| To reduce government red ink, Republicans are willing to raise government revenues, but not increase taxes. Congressional Democrats would accept reductions in Medicare spending, yet no cuts in benefits. Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 When I was a kid, we had a saying: "It takes one to know one." People who regularly manipulate research and media will immediately suspect the same of others, even though the latter would never dream of risking their investment and reputation on rigged results to promote a political agenda.
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