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2:55 pm
Wed October 3, 2012

Admit It: Medicare Errs In Crackdown On Hospital Quality

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Whoops!

Medicare has an embarrassing admission about readmissions: It goofed.

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The Impact Of War Project
8:50 am
Fri December 25, 2009

Wounded Vet Takes Pain Of War To Comedy Club

Originally published on Sat December 26, 2009 9:00 pm

We first brought you the story of Staff Sgt. Bobby Henline last year. He was wounded in Iraq in 2007 and burned over nearly half his body.

After months of recovery, his life is slowly getting back to normal. Henline must endure grueling physical therapy because of injuries. But to help heal the wounds we can't see, he has taken up an interesting hobby, one that helps him employ the healing power of laughter.

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