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To The Contrary Podcast, June 26, 2009
TTC panelists discuss: White House healthcare czar Nancy DeParle's plans for U.S. healthcare reform and the benefits to working past the traditional retirement age. The panelists are: (in order of opening question response) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); The Heritage Foundation's Genevieve Wood; Women's Campaign Forum President Sam Bennett; and Former Labor Department Assistant Secretary Victoria Lipnic.

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Discussion on whether President Obama's universal healthcare plan will help or hurt women:

"Putting federal bureaucrats in control of healthcare decisions is harmful to women, families, senior citizens--anyone who is concerned about the quality and cost of their healthcare."

~Genevieve Wood, The Heritage Foundation~

"Dramatically help--we spend more on healthcare than any nation and yet are ranked 37th by the World Health Organization in quality of care delivered to its citizens. Women bear the brunt of this inequity and stand to benefit the most."

~ Sam Bennett, Women's Campaign Forum President~

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD); Former EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez; Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad; Former Labor Dept. Official Karen Czarnecki; and Wider Opportunities for Women's Joan Kuriansky.

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Reversing Discrimination: Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial record is in question after the Supreme Court overturns her earlier ruling in the reverse discrimination case brought by a group of white New Haven firefighters.

Barriers to Working Longer: How tax codes, bias, and legal barriers stand in the way of women who want to work past the traditional retirement age.

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