Quick Hits From the Heritage FoundationFinance ministers from the 16 nations that use the euro failed to produce a detailed bailout plan for the $74 billion Greek budget deficit. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told leftist bloggers yesterday that the Senate health bill does contain a public option (18million more Americans placed on Medicaid), and said of passing the Senate bill: "Once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow." Speaking of those 18million Americans Obamacare would place on Medicaid (a welfare program), The New York Times reports that: "With states squeezing payments to providers even as the economy fuels explosive growth in enrollment, [Medicaid] patients are finding it increasingly difficult to locate doctors and dentists who will accept their coverage." The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is set to jack their consumer's electric bills up between 8.8% and 28.4% in order to pay for a solar plan and a 20% renewable energy mandate. According to Gallup, Americans are less worried about each of eight specific environmental problems than they were a year ago and are worried least about global warming.
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