memeorandum: White House eliminates insurance program for long-term care (N.C. Aizenman/Washington Post)

11:40 AM ET, October 15, 2011

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Long-Term Care Program Cut From Health Law — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it was too costly and would not work. — Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services …

Discussion: Althouse, TalkLeft and Outside the Beltway

David Dayen / Firedoglake:

Obama Administration Cuts Long-Term Health Care from ACA — Obama signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. How much will be left? (official White House photo by Pete Souza) — The Obama Administration announced that they will not implement the CLASS Act …

Discussion: Althouse, Washington Post, NationalJournal.com, National Review and MyFox Boston

N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:

White House eliminates insurance program for long-term care — The Obama administration ended a major benefit in the 2010 health-care law on Friday, announcing that a program to offer Americans insurance for long-term care was simply unworkable. — Although the program had been dogged …

Discussion: The Hill, Marginal Revolution and Prairie Weather

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Obama pulls plug on part of health overhaul law

Discussion: Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, Campaign 2012, Michelle Malkin, Pajamas Media, Hit & Run and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Brett Norman / The Politico:
Setback for long-term insurance plan

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Health-Law Program Dropped

Discussion: MyFox Boston

The White House:

Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate Regarding the Lord's Resistance Army — TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE

Discussion: Right Wing News, CNN, ThinkProgress, Hot Air and Political Mojo

Rush Limbaugh:

Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians — RUSH: President Obama has deployed troops to another war, in Africa, ladies and gentlemen. Jacob Tapper, ABC News, is reporting that Obama has sent 100 US troops to Uganda to help combat Lord's Resistance Army.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Little Green Footballs

New York Times:

U.S. Advisers to Aid in Fight Against Lord's Resistance Army — WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that he had ordered the deployment of 100 armed military advisers to central Africa to help regional forces combat the Lord's Resistance Army, a notorious renegade group that has terrorized villagers …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, American Power, The Lede, Pajamas Media, The Agonist, Althouse and ABCNEWS

Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is Obama Sending Troops Against the Lord's Resistance Army?

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

New York Times:

In Private Conversation, Wall Street Is More Critical of Protesters — Publicly, bankers say they understand the anger at Wall Street — but believe they are misunderstood by the protesters camped on their doorstep. — But when they speak privately, it is often a different story.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Prairie Weather, Guardian and The Reality-Based Community

Linette Lopez / Business Insider:

Here Are Occupy Wall Street's Plans For A National Convention That Could Change The Face Of America — It's in the works. A massive Occupy Wall Street gathering with delegates from all over the country. And if these plans are carried out, Occupy Wall Street will be a major force to be reckoned with on Election Day 2012.

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, Hot Air and JammieWearingFool

Simone Wilson / The Informer:
Shepard Fairey, L.A. Street Artist, Designs Party Invite for Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Gothamist, Business Insider, CBS New York and The Lede

Corey Kilgannon / City Room:
Opposite Sides of the Protest Come Together, Briefly

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, The Gateway Pundit and Verum Serum

Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
[UPDATE] HIV Positive Protester Says Cop Who Punched Him Should Get Tested

Discussion: City Room, New York Times, iOwnTheWorld.com, New York Magazine, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker, Boing Boing, US Politics, Runnin' Scared, The Raw Story, Wonkette, Towleroad News #gay, Salon and CBS News

Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:

W.H. won't share Solyndra BB emails — President Barack Obama won't be sharing his BlackBerry messages with House investigators seeking communications about Solyndra, the White House told Hill Republicans on Friday. — White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told House Energy …

Discussion: CNBC and The Page

Kevinliptak / CNN:

On Solyndra: President's Blackberry Off Limits — Washington (CNN) - Congress isn't getting a glimpse of what's on President Barack Obama's Blackberry - or any more internal White House communications related to the bankrupt solar company Solyndra, which received a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government.

Discussion: Hot Air, Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers

Washington Examiner:

Lesson of Perry's candidacy: Think before you run — What's wrong with Rick Perry? How did the successful, well-liked, long-term governor of one of America's largest states enter the Republican presidential primary race with great fanfare, zoom to the top of the polls, and then slide almost as quickly back into the pack?

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Political Carnival, Rod Dreher and ABCNEWS

New York Times:

U.S. Bishop Is Charged With Failing to Report Abuse — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the first time in the 25-year history of the church's sex abuse scandals that the leader of an American diocese …

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, Grasping Reality …, Joe. My. God., Rod Dreher and Gawker

Kansas City Star:
Bishop Finn, diocese indicted

Discussion: The Raw Story and Gothamist

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Unprecedented — I've covered the sex abuse scandal …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Kevinliptak / CNN:

Huntsman campaign nearly broke as GOP campaign heats up — (CNN) - Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign is verging on broke after burning through more than $4 million since the former Utah governor entered the race for the Republican nomination in June. — The Huntsman campaign …

Discussion: The Politico, Campaign 2012, The Other McCain, Business Insider, The Political Carnival, Hot Air, The Hill, Guardian and New Hampshire Journal

Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: McCain to Perry: Get some rest

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog

A.Killough / CNN:
Anita Perry blames Obama for son's job loss

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Politico, Iowa Caucuses, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, The Caucus, Dealbreaker, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, Trail Blazers Blog, The Hill and blog.chron.com

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Treasury announces 2011 deficit is second highest in history — The U.S budget deficit for fiscal year 2011 is $1.299 trillion, the second largest shortfall in history. — The nation only ran a larger deficit for the 2009 fiscal year, which included the dramatic collapse of financial markets …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit and National Review

Washington Post:

Mitt Romney's foreign policy failings — FOREIGN POLICY has played a marginal role so far in the Republican presidential contest, squeezed to the side during debates focused on the U.S. economy and by social issues such as immigration. What the candidates have said has sometimes been confusing …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The New Republic

John Del Signore / Gothamist:

[UPDATE] Video: NYPD Scooter Runs Over National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer — [UPDATES BELOW] Here is disturbing video of a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild getting run over by an NYPD scooter during this morning's Occupy Wall Street march. We're still trying to determine …

Discussion: Rumproast, skippy the bush kangaroo, Boing Boing, The Raw Story, Runnin' Scared and Daily Kos

Steven Rattner / Steve Rattner:

The Irony of Lake Orion — President Obama is visiting the General Motors plant at Lake Orion today with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to celebrate both the passage of the South Korean free trade agreement and also the evident success of his auto rescue program.

Discussion: Mediaite