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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (146311)	10/18/2012 10:20:40 PM
From: DanDerr	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224777

Don't be an ass, Kenneth. Note that as of today, Romney has "*a 49 percent to 45 percent lead over President Obama"!* Obama's support is eroding faster than your honesty!!! Politics: Congress Poll shows Romney leading in blue Pennsylvania October 18, 2012 \| 5:38 pm Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent The Washington Examiner @susanferrechio A new poll shows Republican Mitt Romney leading in Pennsylvania, a state that Republicans had all but written off just weeks ago but which is now listed as a toss up by the Real Clear Politics website. Susquehanna Polling and Research provided The Washington Examiner with a poll it conducted for state party officials that shows Romney with a 49 percent to 45 percent lead over President Obama. It's the first poll to show Romney leading among likely voters in the Keystone State. "The polling is very clear that the race is certainly up for grabs and Republicans have a tendency to never believe it," Susquehanna President James Lee told The Examiner. Romney isn't spending much time or money in Pennsylvania, which hasn't backed a Republican presidential candidate since 1988. Every other Pennsylvania poll shows Obama ahead, though by a narrowing margin. A Quinnipiac University poll taken around the same time as the Susquehanna poll shows Obama leading Romney 50 percent to 46 percent. Susquehanna's automated poll of 1,376 likely voters was taken between Oct. 11 and 13, before the second presidential debate Tuesday that many saw as a comeback for Obama since his Oct. 3 showdown with Romney. Lee said Romney has made significant gains in the all-important suburbs of Philadelphia, a ring of counties that helped push Obama to victory in 2008. "Republicans haven't been able to do that in 20 years," Lee said. "Romney has made some major inroads." Lee said Romney also gained ground in western Pennsylvania, where socially conservative, blue-collar Democrats have turned their backs on Obama. Susquehanna has traditionally shown a much tighter race between Obama and Romney than other polls, in part because it weighs its results by party registration. Firms that don't do this tend to over-sample Democrats. Weighting results in Pennsylvania is particularly important, Lee said, "because we know with a pretty good degree of certainty how many registered Republicans and Democrats are going to show up" on Election Day. sferrechio@washingtonexaminer.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (146311)	10/18/2012 10:33:09 PM
From: Paul V.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224777

Kenneth, Will the Republicans be ready to compromise on revenue increases or go over the cliff. If Missouri is affected then other states will also be impacted. Barnes Hospital and Washington University are one of the top ten medical centers in the US according to the USNews Magazine. Missouri could lose 10,000 health care jobs to Medicare cuts St. Louis Business Journal by Samantha Liss, Reporter Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 9:50am CDT Samantha Liss Reporter- St. Louis Business Journal Missouri could lose 10,667 health care jobs in 2013, and more than 16,000 by 2021 if the federal government allows mandated Medicare cuts to take effect in 2013. These cuts are an attempt to reduce the federal deficit but could mean significant job loss within the U.S. health care industry, according to a report by consulting firm Tripp Umbach, commissioned by the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association. In the coming weeks and months, the Missouri Hospital Association will analyze what the 2 percent in Medicare spending cuts, known as sequestration, will mean for health care providers in Missouri. These cuts come at an already tough time for hospitals, as some are receiving less reimbursement payments from Medicare for services already provided because of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, said Dave Dillon, vice president of media relations of Missouri Hospital Association . This 2 percent cut would cause a ripple effect throughout the nation’s health care industry, according to the Tripp Umbach study, which estimates more than 496,000 jobs lost nationwide in 2013, growing to 766,000 by 2021. The cuts amount to $10.7 billion in the first year, ballooning to $16.4 billion by 2021. This is a concern for Missouri, and especially the St. Louis area, where the health care industry is the largest employer, Dillon said. Missouri Hospitals have a substantial impact on the state’s economy. In 2009 the hospitals had total operating revenue of more than $18.9 billion, employed 147,165 individuals, with a payroll expense of about $6.8 billion, according to a 2011 study by the Community Policy Analysis Center in collaboration with the Missouri Hospital Association. Without action from the U.S. Congress, these cuts are set to affect every single hospital in Missouri, and for St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield it means controlling expenses. “As all hospitals face existing and potential future changes in reimbursement, we continue to carefully manage expenses to activity levels in order to provide the highest quality of care. Continued cuts necessitate an even more careful look at capital expenditures, regardless of being affiliated with a system or independent,” said Scott Johnson, St. Luke’s Hospital vice president and chief financial officer.