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Big health insurer defections signal AHIP's fading clout
2016-01-12 08:04:07| Beverages - Topix.net
Aetna Inc.'s departure from AHIP months after UnitedHealth Group Inc. bolted is further evidence that the large national insurers are increasingly happy to fight their own battles on Capitol Hill. Managing members of a trade group is often like herding cats.
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American OpinionGROWING Clout of Independents is a Gop Nightmare
2016-01-05 12:25:13| IT Services - Topix.net
When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a driving force in the intensity of the fight was a heart attack. Not the medical kind.
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Ethanol lobby losing clout in Iowa caucuses
2016-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Sun-Times: Renewable energy, yes. Ethanol, not so much. Sen. Ted Cruz, running for the GOP presidential nomination, says the corn-based biofuel deserves no special federal supports, and we have to agree, if for different reasons. Cruz, who opposes ethanol supports even as he campaigns to win the Iowa caucuses, opposes government policies that favor any form of renewable energy, calling it "corporate welfare." He also represents, we should note, a huge oil state, Texas. We, on the other hand, see an important...
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American OpinionGROWING Clout of Independents is a Gop Nightmare
2015-11-09 06:43:15| IT Services - Topix.net
When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a driving force in the intensity of the fight was a heart attack. Not the medical kind.
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Amazona s clout in cloud computing
2015-10-18 15:39:25| IT Services - Topix.net
Retailers have long feared Amazon.com and the ease with which it has undermined the business of shopping on Main Street. Publishers have grown increasingly concerned about the online retail giant's growing power in the book business, where it has become the largest purveyor of digital and print titles.