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Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Feds failing in duty to protect water from oilsands development Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450428 http://newstrust.net/stories/450428 <span><a href="/sources/canada_com">Canada.com</a> - By Mike De Souza - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - The Harper government is failing to enforce federal law and exercise its constitutional authority in at least 10 different aspects of monitoring the exploitation of Alberta’s oilsands and its impact on water, says a new report to be released Monday.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450428">3.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450428">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450428">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Water Pollution Oil and Gas Canada Some businesses waste more than £1m a year on excess energy, carbon trading trial finds Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 <span>yorkshirepost.co.uk - By Tom Palmer - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - A PIONEERING carbon trading programme in Yorkshire has revealed some businesses are wasting more than a £1m a year on excess energy and would face six figure fines under future legislation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450429">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450429">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450429">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Pollution Climate Change Scenes from Iowa's recession Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 <span><a href="/sources/desmoines_register">Des Moines Register</a> - By Michael Bugeja - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - They arrive at Gray's Lake Park in the morning, basking on borrowed time of a mild mid-November, realizing the winter can arrive any day like layoffs without warning. They are the unemployed, strolling with friends, partners or retirees, or sometimes alone. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone knows someone else out of work in what some call "The Second Depression." They are neighbors, acquaintances, family members, colleagues, friends. They may be you. They belong to "The New Poverty," people who followed the rules, paid bills and mortgages on time and whose lives were scuttled by Ponzi and subprime schemes happening far away.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447665">3.8 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447665">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447665">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Fed under fire as public anger mounts Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Tom Raum - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually over interest rate actions. But this year the criticism is much broader as Congress responds to widespread public anger that the Fed bailed out Wall Street but not ordinary Americans, and with unemployment in double digits.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447260">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447260">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447260">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Money U.S. Economy Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446534 http://newstrust.net/stories/446534 <span><a href="/sources/seattle_times">Seattle Times</a> - By John Flesher - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. For centuries, forests have provided</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446534">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446534">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446534">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Green Technology The Cost of Dying Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 <span><a href="/sources/cbs_news">CBS News</a> - By Steve Kroft - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - Every medical study ever conducted has concluded that 100 percent of all Americans will eventually die. This comes as no great surprise, but the amount of money being spent at the very end of people's lives probably will. Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives - that's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education. And it has been estimated that 20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact. Most of the bills are paid for by the federal government with few or no questions asked. You might think this would be an obvious thing for Congress and the president to address as they try to reform health care. But what used to be a bipartisan issue has become a politically explosive one - a perfect example of the costs that threaten to bankrupt the country and how hard it's going to be to rein them in</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/449709">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/449709">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/449709">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Economy Medicare Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446943 http://newstrust.net/stories/446943 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Julia Angwin, Geoffrey A. Fowler - Nov. 23 (News Report) - (Subscription required) Wikipedia.org is losing unprecedented numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police the world's fifth-most-popular Web site.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446943">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446943">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446943">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Technology Internet Social Networks Journalism A Coming Food Crisis? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447482 http://newstrust.net/stories/447482 <span><a href="/sources/npr">National Public Radio</a> - By Daniel Costello - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - After decades of decline, the number of undernourished people around the world has risen 20% since the middle of the last decade and the trend is expected to continue for many years even with a new global intervention.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447482">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/447482">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447482">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Hunger Food Global Economy Weighing Jobs and Deficit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Elizabeth Williamson - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, administration officials said. There is as yet no agreement within the White House or in Congress on how to try to curb the U.S. jobless rate. But the differences in opinion suggest that rifts could emerge among Democrats as they wrestle with how to beat back the highest unemployment rate in a generation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445531">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445531">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445531">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Jobs U.S. White House Obey wants 'war surtax' to fund Afghan effort - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 <span><a href="/sources/the_hill">The Hill</a> - By Michael O'Brien - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Any troop increase for Afghanistan should come with a "war surtax" on high income Americans, a top House chairman said Monday. Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, warned that if President Barack Obama decides to send additional troops to Afghanistan, it should be funded with the new tax."If we have to pay for the healthcare bill, we should pay for the war as well," Obey told ABC News in an interview.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447801">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447801">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447801">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Taxes War Unrest mounts as China mine death rises Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448538 http://newstrust.net/stories/448538 <span>Manila Times - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China’s worst mining disaster for two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 104. Rescuers recovered 12 more bodies, a spokesman for the mine in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province said, leaving four miners still unaccounted for after the weekend blast.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448538">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448538">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448538">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Labor Coal China Advocacy Groups May Reshape Message During Holidays Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Katharine Q. Seeleye - Nov. 22 (News Analysis) - The Senate debate on health care, set to begin the week after Thanksgiving, is now on course to collide with the holiday season. One question for advocacy groups on all sides will be whether to keep up their barrage of pointed commercials, even as chestnuts roast and stockings are hung.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/443059">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/443059">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/443059">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Advertising Lobbying Health Care Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/442609 http://newstrust.net/stories/442609 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Andrew Rice - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - Fearing food shortages, investors from wealthy countries are snapping up land in poor countries to grow food there. Is this development or exploitation?</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/442609">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/442609">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/442609">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Food Farming Global Economy Poverty Obama Aims to Allay Auto Lobby Concern on Korea Trade Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 <span><a href="/sources/bloomberg">Bloomberg</a> - By Edwin Chen, Julianna Goldman - Nov. 21 (News Report) - President Barack Obama said he is committed to pushing through a free trade agreement with South Korea that has been stalled by the U.S. auto lobby and unions, who argue it doesn’t do enough to open up Korean markets. Obama’s joint press conference in Seoul today with South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak was a last chance on his four- nation Asia trip to show he opposes protectionism. The accord has been held up in Congress, where lawmakers are demanding wider access for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Lee said today he is willing to reopen talks on the auto industry.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437216">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/437216">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437216">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Cars North Korea Transportation Lobbying Obama Administration Senate girds for Saturday vote and long battle on health care Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/433179 http://newstrust.net/stories/433179 <span><a href="/sources/mcclatchy">McClatchy</a> - By David Lightman - Nov. 20 (News Report) - The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter, lengthy battle over the future of health care in America, and taxes, abortion, affordability and federal deficits emerged as key flashpoints.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/433179">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/433179">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/433179">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Taxes Abortion Data breach at climate research center in U.K Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/435078 http://newstrust.net/stories/435078 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Juliet Eilperin - Nov. 20 (News Report) - Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/435078">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/435078">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/435078">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Computers Internet Science U.S. Chamber of Commerce Split Over Donohue’s Climate Policy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427837 http://newstrust.net/stories/427837 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By John M. Broder - Nov. 19 (Special Report) - BACK in the 1990s when Thomas J. Donohue was president of the American Trucking Associations, a subordinate raised a question at a staff meeting. Some of the association’s members, the aide said, wondered whether it was really necessary for the group’s president to fly on a private jet.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427837">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/427837">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427837">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Climate Change Vehicle telemetry: Calling all cars Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/429951 http://newstrust.net/stories/429951 <span><a href="/sources/economist">Economist</a> - Nov. 19 (Special Report) - One way or another, a quarter of the world’s new cars will be equipped with some form of remote monitoring and control system by 2016, predicts Egil Juliussen, an analyst with iSuppli, a Californian company that monitors technology trends. The result will be cars that are not only impossible to steal, but can also call the emergency services if the airbags go off in an accident, make themselves more comfortable to drive before their owners get in, and even admit an owner who has mislaid his keys. (Every month more than 60,000 OnStar subscribers ask for the doors of their cars to be unlocked remotely, because they have locked themselves out.)</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/429951">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/429951">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/429951">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Cars Technology Danger lies in threat to Fed independence Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/433542 http://newstrust.net/stories/433542 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Alan Blinder - Nov. 19 (Special Report) - H.R. 1207 seems innocuous enough. The overall question it raises sounds fair: After all, why should the Fed be immune from audit?</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/433542">2.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/433542">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/433542">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Congressional Oversight Corruption Ethics in Journalism Money Finance Tax credits eyed for solar energy firms amid Obama’s push for ‘green jobs’ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/429263 http://newstrust.net/stories/429263 <span><a href="/sources/the_hill">The Hill</a> - By Ben Geman - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Solar energy companies are lobbying for new tax credits for domestic manufacturers that would come on top of subsidies included in the $787 billion stimulus package enacted earlier this year. Solar energy companies are lobbying for new tax credits for domestic manufacturers that would come on top of subsidies included in the $787 billion stimulus package enacted earlier this year.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/429263">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/429263">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/429263">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Green Technology Jobs Lobbying Energy Solar Energy Money Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 http://newstrust.net/stories/425747 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Ian Talley - Nov. 18 (News Report) - Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a big climate-change bill until spring, in a sign of weakening political will to tackle a long-term environmental issue at a time of high unemployment and economic uncertainty.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/425747">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/425747">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/425747">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change U.S. Senate Oil and Gas Coal Environment Energy Obama Web site claims stimulus jobs in non-existent places Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427216 http://newstrust.net/stories/427216 <span><a href="/sources/mcclatchy">McClatchy</a> - By James Rosen - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The federal Web site that tracks spending from the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program reports that the program has created thousands of jobs in congressional districts that don't exist.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427216">2.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427216">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427216">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Obama Administration House Proposal Would Allow Feds To Break Up Biggest Banks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427825 http://newstrust.net/stories/427825 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Shahien Nasiripour - Nov. 18 (News Report) - A key House Democrat released on Wednesday his much-awaited proposal to end "too big to fail": Let the federal government break them apart. Paul Kanjorski's amendment would give federal regulators the authority to force the country's biggest financial firms or those that pose the biggest risk to the financial system to sell assets or entire divisions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427825">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427825">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427825">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Docudrama Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/425378 http://newstrust.net/stories/425378 <span><a href="/sources/new_republic">New Republic</a> - By Jonathan Cohn - Nov. 18 (Special Report) - Sometime in August, McKinsey & Company created a PowerPoint document called “Health Care Reform and Implications for Key Stakeholders: What this Could Mean for Client X.” Over the course of 44 slides full of charts and graphs, the firm examines the potential impact of reform on insurers, doctors, hospitals, and the drug industry. McKinsey tells Client X that the presentation’s purpose is to “help inform your understanding of the broader healthcare system impact and what this might mean for your key customers and Client X going forward.” After a source supplied me with the document--which is marked “confidential”--I contacted McKinsey. A spokesperson told me that “Client X” is not a particular company. Instead, he explained, the document is a broad overview of how McKinsey expects health care reform to play out. 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