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Clinic with two doors, a symbol of two-tier care

Two doors into medical care on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The door on theright leads to quicker service and personal attention from a doctor.The other leads to longer waits and moreuncertainty. As it turns out, they're the same place.We visit a health clinic with two doors, one for patients using insurance and the other for those with cash. This two-tiered system could be coming to a street corner near you. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:23:58 GMT
Patients face bitter choice: Pay up or lose care

Dr. Susan Debin, 64, of Orange, Calif., turned to a hybrid concierge practice two years ago. About 125 patients pay $1,600 a year for extra services including an extended physical and her personal cell phone number. But what about the rest of her patients?A growing number of U.S. doctors are enacting their own brand of health reform, with some dumping insurance companies altogether and others forcing patients to pay thousands of dollars in cash to keep the care theyre accustomed to. Msnbc.com's JoNel Aleccia reports.


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:23:58 GMT
Home sales rise to highest level in 2.5 years

Home sales far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in two and a half years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:21:41 GMT
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21 killed as political rivalry turns violent

Gunmen killed at least 21 people in the Philippines Monday, apparently to prevent a woman from filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor, the military said.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:50:57 GMT
Schumer: Dems can go it alone on health care

Nov. 23: TODAYs Matt Lauer talks to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson about the health care reform bill set to be debated in the Senate. (Today Show)A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:24:37 GMT
NYT: U.S. faces surge in interest payments

The government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.s on terms that seem too good to be true a happy situation that may not last much longer.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:01:41 GMT
Big night for Jackson at AMAs

Melissa Etheridge, right, presents the award for favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist for Michael Jackson to the late singer's brother Jermaine Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday. Michael Jackson was honored with four American Music Awards on Sunday night, making history by collecting more AMAs during his career than any other artist and becoming the shows winningest posthumous artist.


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:33:38 GMT
Lawyer: Hasan has no sensation below chest

Maj.Nidal Malik Hasan is "coherent" in hospital, his lawyer says.The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent, his lawyer said.


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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:38 GMT
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