The greatest threat to the health-care overhaul might not be the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear challenges to the law next month. Or the shifting alliances of an election year. In the end, it’s more likely to be a lack of medical providers. If the law succeeds in extending health insurance to 32 million more Americans, there won’t be enough doctors to see them. In fact, the anticipated shortfall of primary-care providers, by 2015, is staggering: 29,800 - Sarah Kliff, The Washington Post
Obamacare
The Washington Post – The Health Reform Law’s Biggest Threat: 30,000 Too Few Doctors
Washington Examiner – Kagan Should Recuse From Obamacare Case
OregonLive.com – House Republicans Block Oregon’s Health Insurance Exchange in Surprise Vote
Obama's Budget Proposal
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Associated Press - GOP Critics Hit Obama's $3.8 trillion budget
Foreign Policy
Bloomberg - Pentagon May Oust Troops Involuntarily to Meet Reductions in Budget Plan
The War on Drugs
The Guatemala Times – Guatemala’s President Proposes Legalization of Drug Transit
CBS News – Quincy Jones on Musicians and Drugs: “It Goes With The Turf”
Police State
NBC New York - NYPD "Stop and Frisks" Hit All-Time High
The Daily - 911 Is a Joke: Detroit Citizens No Longer Rely on Police As Self-Defense Killings Skyrocket
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