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Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide (New York Times)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:19 GMT
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Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.
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Student Loan Battle Hampers Health Care Fight (CBS News)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:00 GMT
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Democratic Leaders are Considering Inserting a Student Loan Reform Bill into the Health Care Reform Reconciliation Measure
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FDL Launches 'Students, Not Banks' Campaign (CommonDreams.org)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:10 GMT
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by Jane Hamsher Today, FDL launches its Students Not Banks campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation. One of President Obama’s most ambitious plans for both education and the budget was the transition from a system of government subsidized student loans using bankers as middle men to direct ...
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Briefly: March 13 (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:04:26 GMT
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Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
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This is a Backgrounder On Health Care (Heritage Foundation)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:13:30 GMT
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America's emergency rooms are in crisis. Emergency medicine encompasses the care of patients with traumatic injuries or serious signs and symptoms of disease. Quick evaluation and rapid treatment of these patients obviously cannot be done on an "elective" basis.
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Why subsidize wealthy college kids? (CNN)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:50:56 GMT
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I mentor a student who is a senior in a low-performing high school. About 50 percent of the students at his school drop out, while less than 25 percent go to college. His parents didn't graduate from high school, and his father earns about $14,000 a year. His grade point average is good enough to qualify him for admission at a few University of California schools.
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Jane Hamsher: FDL Launches "Students, Not Banks" Campaign (The Huffington Post)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:51 GMT
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Student lending reform could have passed the Senate long ago, but because it had to wait on health care, the lobbyists have had plenty of time to chip away at the Senate. But colleges across the country can't wait another year for relief.
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Paying for college: 5 top mistakes (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT
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Paying for college is a problem that can keep parents awake at night. Here's what NOT to do.
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Paying for college: 5 top mistakes (Bankrate.com)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:36:39 GMT
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Paying for college is a problem that can keep parents awake at night, given the spiraling cost of tuition, dwindling stock market returns and stagnant home values . It's no small task, and like any major expense, there are right and wrong ways to do it.
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Buried Alive: UMass students struggle with more debt than ever (The Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:18 GMT
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Students continue to struggle with rising debt. A new plan from the Obama administration could offer relief to student borrowers but this proposal faces stiff opposition from banking lobbies.
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