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		<title>Comment on ObamaCare: Shambolic or Shining? by The Week in Review &#124; May 6, 2013 &#124; Healthcare News &#124; Care411</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Week in Review &#124; May 6, 2013 &#124; Healthcare News &#124; Care411</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] ObamaCare: Shambolic or Shining? [...]</description>
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		<title>Comment on Theodore Roosevelt Was Bullish on Healthcare Insurance by Alden Fenech</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alden Fenech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some genuinely fantastic posts on this website, thanks for contribution. &quot;A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.&quot; by Woodrow Wilson.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some genuinely fantastic posts on this website, thanks for contribution. &#8220;A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.&#8221; by Woodrow Wilson.</p>
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		<title>Comment on RN Turnover Costs Hospitals An Estimated $9.75 Billion Annually by Joe Hannach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Hannach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Been saying this for years!  Managers are not assessed on their retention and satisfaction of staff in their preformance evals. Problem is, turn-over is a huge cost to healthcare and probably the biggest reason for turnover within a unit is related to poor management skills, or more accuratly, poor leadership skills.  The management skills are usually what the hospital bases managers on!

An improved system would not only look at whether the budget was balanced not only under current inclusions, but would assess the cost of turn over within that department as well.  So often overlooked is that our leaders are supposed to be there to serve and not to lord over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Been saying this for years!  Managers are not assessed on their retention and satisfaction of staff in their preformance evals. Problem is, turn-over is a huge cost to healthcare and probably the biggest reason for turnover within a unit is related to poor management skills, or more accuratly, poor leadership skills.  The management skills are usually what the hospital bases managers on!</p>
<p>An improved system would not only look at whether the budget was balanced not only under current inclusions, but would assess the cost of turn over within that department as well.  So often overlooked is that our leaders are supposed to be there to serve and not to lord over.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Chocolate Is Good for You by Anderson Castanado</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson Castanado</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love this post on losing weight. I will send it to some of my coworkers!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this post on losing weight. I will send it to some of my coworkers!</p>
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		<title>Comment on New Republican Congressman Peeved About His 28-Day Wait for Healthcare Coverage by Mel Carro</title>
		<link>http://www.altergroup.com/alter-care-blog/index.php/healthcare/new-republican-congressman-peeved-about-his-28-day-wait-for-healthcare-coverage-2/comment-page-1/#comment-187391</link>
		<dc:creator>Mel Carro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Advance small government values in the GOP!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Advance small government values in the GOP!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Is End-of-Life Care Worthwhile? by Estrella Govia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Estrella Govia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article is spectacular. It’s not everyday that we notice such awesome details over a blog article, not to mention on the internet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article is spectacular. It’s not everyday that we notice such awesome details over a blog article, not to mention on the internet.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Tommy Douglas: &#8216;Greatest Canadian&#8217; Brought Universal Healthcare to His Nation by Winston</title>
		<link>http://www.altergroup.com/alter-care-blog/index.php/healthcare/tommy-douglas-greatest-canadian-brought-universal-healthcare-to-his-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-178846</link>
		<dc:creator>Winston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, I read your blogs on a regular basis. Your humoristic style is witty, keep up 
the good work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I read your blogs on a regular basis. Your humoristic style is witty, keep up<br />
the good work!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Walk-In Clinic A Good Fit With the Healthcare Village by Nobuko Ildefonso</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nobuko Ildefonso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really like reading through a post that will make people think. Also, thank you for permitting me to comment!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like reading through a post that will make people think. Also, thank you for permitting me to comment!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Is It Time to Reform the Fee-for-Service Model? by Jenna Fallie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jenna Fallie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are right and I can&#039;t consider citizens might have a issue with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are right and I can&#8217;t consider citizens might have a issue with it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on GOP VP Candidate Paul Ryan Advocates &#8220;Medicare Premium Support&#8221; by Jeff Webster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Webster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Medicare recipients will have to pay some of the cost of Medicare?  This is nothing new.  I pay almost $100 a month for Medicare NOW.  And would people stop calling Medicare an entitlement?  I&#039;ve been paying Medicare tax for years on my earned income.  An entitlement is something like Food Stamps or Medicaid where the receiver never paid a dime for the program but feels &quot;entitled&quot; to government help.  I don&#039;t feel &quot;entitled&quot; to Medicare or Social Security.  I&#039;ve paid into these programs for years.  For the Barack White House to pull $716 billion out of it sickens me, because he&#039;ll use it to insure people who never contributed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Medicare recipients will have to pay some of the cost of Medicare?  This is nothing new.  I pay almost $100 a month for Medicare NOW.  And would people stop calling Medicare an entitlement?  I&#8217;ve been paying Medicare tax for years on my earned income.  An entitlement is something like Food Stamps or Medicaid where the receiver never paid a dime for the program but feels &#8220;entitled&#8221; to government help.  I don&#8217;t feel &#8220;entitled&#8221; to Medicare or Social Security.  I&#8217;ve paid into these programs for years.  For the Barack White House to pull $716 billion out of it sickens me, because he&#8217;ll use it to insure people who never contributed.</p>
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