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Poverty Rate Hits 11-Year High; Number of Uninsured Grows for 8th Consecutive Year – Median household income fell 3.6 percent—the largest such decline on record

Dems Vow Health Bill Before Year’s End – Vice President Joe Biden: “I was in the Congress a long, long time, been there for eight presidents. I think we’ll have a bill before Thanksgiving.”

Insurance Stock Prices Rise After Obama Speech – The investment research firm Sanford Bernstein says it’s now “even more confident after the Obama speech that the legislative outcomes will be moderate with no threat of a Medicare-like public plan.”

Group: Census Results Show Failure of Mandate Approach – Physicians for a National Health Program says the latest census figures show the mandate approach has failed in Massachusetts, where it became law in 2006. At least 352,000 Massachusetts residents, or 5.5 percent, were uninsured last year. The group’s co-founder, Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, said, “Today’s numbers show that plans that require people to buy private insurance don’t work. Obama’s plan to replicate Massachusetts’ reform nationally risks failure on a massive scale.”

Obama Accepts Wilson Apology for Speech Outburst – Wilson yelled out “you lie” when Obama said his health plan wouldn’t cover undocumented immigrants… Wilson’s Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, has raised more than $405,000 in online donations since Wednesday night.

Pelosi Signals Opposition to Troop Increase in Afghanistan – Pelosi: “I don’t think there’s a great deal of support for sending more troops to Afghanistan in the country or in the Congress.”

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