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Democratic senators accuse Republicans of hypocrisy on healthcare
Some Democratic senators said today that Republicans who oppose health care reform but take part in the state's taxpayer subsidized health care system, are being hypocritical. Orangeburg Sen. Brad Hutto said Republicans are constantly engaged in demagoguing the issue, by attacking the new law and calling for its repeal.
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Teacher and coach lost 300 pounds a year after surgery
It's been a year of big changes for a high school football coach and history teacher who weighed 660 pounds. After an outpouring from the community a year ago, he was able to have emergency gastric by-pass surgery, and has lost 300 pounds.
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Lawmakers delay vote on bill charging obese employees more for healthcare
Republican Sen. Greg Ryberg of Aiken said he would be willing to rewrite his bill as a way to reward healthy residents rather than punish overweight workers.
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SC state retirees won't get 2009 pension increase
State retirees in South Carolina won't get a pension check increase this year for the first time since the 1960s.
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