Kerry Blames Rising Health Costs for Job Losses
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Democrat John Kerry, citing a newly commissioned study, said on Thursday that rising health care expenses have cost American jobs and President Bush has done nothing to solve the problem.
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COLUMBUS - John Kerry&#39;s campaign in Ohio seized on yesterday&#39;s Labor Department report that said the US economy added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker total than expected in the last employment report before the Nov. 2 election.
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Fighting back, Democratic Sen. John Kerry called President Bush "unfit to lead this nation" because of the war in Iraq and his record on jobs, health care and energy prices...
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In a tough-worded, focused attack, Senator John Kerry lashed out Wednesday at the Bush administration over tax policy, jobs, the economy and health care.
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Democrats are vowing to roll back a sharp increase in premiums announced this month and the Bush campaign is seeking to blame lawmakers for the rise.
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American workers are paying more for their health insurance and getting less than they were four years ago, and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical of
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Excessive eating, smoking and drinking by Americans was partially responsible for rising health care costs causing a drag on the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry argues that "over a million more Americans would lose their health insurance coverage" under President Bush in a television ad the Democrat's campaign rolled out Tuesday.
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Democrat challenger John Kerry reeled off a biting attack on President George W. Bush, charging him with making Americans more vulnerable to terror and less healthy by eroding healthcare.
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John Kerry said today that because of poor administration planning the war had cost taxpayers $200 billion.
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Strong evidence that health insurance costs are slowing the national jobs recovery offers yet another reason to re-examine the policy of tethering health care coverage to employment.
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Democrat John Kerry criticized President George W. Bush on Saturday for burying a record jump in Medicare premiums in a pre-holiday announcement that came during a rush of news at home and abroad.
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CANONSBURG, Pa. - Democrat John Kerry opened his packed Labor Day schedule in battleground states Monday with talk of jobs, criticizing the Bush administration for doing little to help workers in a tough economy...
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accused the Bush administration of &quot;callous disregard&quot; for America's unemployed after a cabinet member reportedly dismissed the net loss of jobs as &quot;myths.&quot;
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NEW YORK - Health care costs continued to surge this year as family premiums in employer-sponsored plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year of double-digit growth, according to a new study.    The cumulative effect of rising health care costs is taking a toll on workers: There are at least 5 million fewer jobs providing health insurance in 2004 than there were in 2001, according to the survey of 3,017 companies by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust...
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Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing at five times the rate of inflation and worker earnings. Employers are shuttling more and more costs of health care onto their workers or dropping coverage (for 5
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DOWNINGTOWN, Pa.  -- President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry's plans for health care and medical liability reform on Thursday, saying the result would be even higher costs and more federal involvement.