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Whose opinion do you respect?
Newsmeat.com lists campaign donations from scores of celebrities in various industries. Are some of your heros listed below?
| Industry | Democrat Supporters | Republican Supporters |
| Financial | Warren Buffett | Charles Schwab |
| Jim Cramer | Ben Stein | |
| Greta Van Susteren | Neil Cavuto | |
| Media | Chris Matthews | Anderson Cooper |
| Nancy Grace | Lou Dobbs | |
| Literary | John Grisham | Tom Clancy |
| Stephen King | Dean Koontz | |
| Self Help | Deepak Chopra | Tony Robbins |
| David Stern | Roger Goodell | |
| Bud Selig | Nolan Ryan | |
| Sports | John McEnroe | Jack Nicklaus |
| Michael Jordan | Peyton Manning | |
| Hank Aaron | John Smoltz | |
| Franco Harris | John Elway | |
| Tom Cruise | Kelsey Grammer | |
| Film | Oliver Stone | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Michael Douglas | Gary Sinise | |
| Alec Baldwin | Chuck Norris | |
| Music | Bruce Springsteen | John Rich |
| Don Henley | Amy Grant | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | Sammy Hagar | |
| Comedy | Billy Crystal | Drew Carey |
| Chris Rock | Jeff Foxworthy | |
| Radio | Howard Stern | Rush Limbaugh |
Friday, October 10, 2008
Health Care Issues
What the next president will face
• Controlling spiraling costs of health insurance
• Expanding access to health coverage
• Reining in growth in Medicare and Medicaid budgets
• Modernizing record keeping and tracking treatment outcomes
• How health care costs have increased since the last presidential election
The uninsured
2004: 43.5 million
2008: 45.7 million
U.S. health care spending
2004: $1.9 trillion (15.9 percent of GDP)
2008: $2.4 trillion (projected; 16.6 percent of GDP)
Medicare costs
2004: $309.3 billion
2008: $460.7 billion (projected)
• Controlling spiraling costs of health insurance
• Expanding access to health coverage
• Reining in growth in Medicare and Medicaid budgets
• Modernizing record keeping and tracking treatment outcomes
• How health care costs have increased since the last presidential election
The uninsured
2004: 43.5 million
2008: 45.7 million
U.S. health care spending
2004: $1.9 trillion (15.9 percent of GDP)
2008: $2.4 trillion (projected; 16.6 percent of GDP)
Medicare costs
2004: $309.3 billion
2008: $460.7 billion (projected)
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