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President Obama Delivers Remarks At The 20th Anniversary Of The Lake Tahoe Summit

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Today, the 10,000th Syrian refugee will arrive in the US. Find out how you can help at https://t.co/1HwsI2MVd5: pic.twitter.com/YvvrJu0Gzu

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) August 29, 2016

This is the United States of America. Taking in refugees at times of crisis is the right thing to do. #RefugeesWelcome

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 29, 2016

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All Times Eastern

10:20AM: President Obama departs the White House

3:30PM: President Obama arrives in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

5PM: President Obama delivers remarks at the 20th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit

6:30PM: President Obama departs Lake Tahoe en route to Honolulu, Hawaii

11:50PM: President Obama arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii

12:30AM: President Obama delivers remarks at the 2016 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders

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11 months ago, @POTUS set a goal of admitting 10K Syrian refugees. Today, the 10,000th refugee arrives in America: pic.twitter.com/qjz9zxdVms

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) August 29, 2016

Barack Obama (@POTUS) will serve as guest editor of WIRED’s November issue. https://t.co/bzw9WNgK54 #WIREDxPOTUS pic.twitter.com/OeGL84Uz8k

— WIRED (@WIRED) August 30, 2016

The Right To Protest

Insulting Colin Kaepernick says more about our patriotism than his ...@washingtonpost https://t.co/0TYgvFb4M7

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/Mr_ItIsOurDuty/status/770722405455126530

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A friend's dad is a veteran, and he had this to say #VeteransForKaepernick 👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/razcFPUtQV

— c͡o͡r͡d͡e͡l͡l͡🔅 (@cordellsimmons) August 30, 2016

Before #Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson said he could not sing the #StarSpangledBanner or salute the flag. -@KWestSavali https://t.co/rf0iVBY1FI

— The Root (@TheRoot) August 30, 2016

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One of my homies posted this. Which is why he's still my homey. #VeteransForKaepernick ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/EK0NBkFGnz

— 🐻+🍯=❤️ (@WinkWestwood) August 29, 2016

The Nat'l Anthem was no where in my Oath but supporting & defending the Constitution was.... #VeteransforKaepernick

— Martie Simmons (@msimmons444) August 30, 2016

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NFL legend Jim Brown on Colin Kaepernick: "I am with him 100 percent.” https://t.co/H0SBuxK8OS pic.twitter.com/fFVDv1lEO9

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/DammitPete/status/770455535023976448

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Jackie Robinson had strong feelings about the National Anthem as well. pic.twitter.com/6zegHn96Uc

— Kaibutsu (@Kaibutsu) August 29, 2016

https://twitter.com/jelenawoehr/status/770392692521959424

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Good piece by @TheRoot that explains the real story behind the national anthem https://t.co/cjp7F5IHq2

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 28, 2016

I normally don't do the Intercept, but wow, this article is illuminating re the history of the Star Spangled Banner https://t.co/pYEKfb21n8

— Emo Desperado (@JoyAnnReid) August 28, 2016

‘Thank You For Being Such An Inspiration’

"My dad is in the Air Force and that inspired me to have my back up job be president" —Lily: https://t.co/7O19ngIayo pic.twitter.com/pf8l9FPOzR

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) August 14, 2016

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Congrats to NASA and the scientists taking us a step closer to Mars. Now enjoy Hawaii and get a shave ice! https://t.co/lFZjSnn38x

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 29, 2016

Congratulations to Maine-Endwell, Little League World Series Champs and still undefeated! Proud of you and the sportsmanship you showed.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) August 29, 2016

#ThanksObama: $2.6 Trillion Saved On Healthcare

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Carolyn Y. Johnson: U.S. Will Spend $2.6 Trillion Less On Health Care Than Expected Before Obamacare, Study Projects

A new study predicts that the federal forecast of national health care spending under President Obama’s signature health law was a big overestimate — by $2.6 trillion over a five-year period. Looking forward, the study’s authors also point to recent evidence that a 2014 uptick in health spending that had seemed to signal a return to higher growth may have been temporary. If slower growth persists, they argue that it will become harder to argue that it is just the economy and not the cost containment policies enabled by the Affordable Care Act that are tempering spending. Hempstead said it’s becoming increasingly plausible that the federal policies included in the Affordable Care Act —

and its ripple effects as programs implemented within Medicare influence the private market — are having a tempering effect. Hempstead thinks that some of the policies that came with health reform have contributed. For example, she pointed to a policy that was intended to cut hospital readmissions by introducing financial penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions. Being readmitted to the hospital isn’t good for patients or for payers — a report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that 3.3 million adult hospital readmissions racked up $41.3 billion in hospital costs in 2011. Hospital readmission rates fell after the Affordable Care Act was implemented, both for conditions targeted by policy and those that weren’t.

More here

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U.S.will spend $2.6 trillion less on health care than expected before Obamacare, study projects -The Washington Post https://t.co/dKMN0E3hwx

— Robert holgate (@415holgate) August 9, 2016

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