A Texas nurse said she lost her coverage, after she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, for failing to disclose a visit to a dermatologist for acne.

The sister of an Illinois man who died of lymphoma said his policy was rescinded for the failure to report a possible aneurysm and gallstones that his physician noted in his chart but did not discuss with him.

The committee’s investigation found that WellPoint’s Blue Cross targeted individuals with more than 1,400 conditions, including breast cancer, lymphoma, pregnancy and high blood pressure. And the committee obtained documents that showed Blue Cross supervisors praised employees in performance reviews for rescinding policies.

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Late in the hearing, Stupak, the committee chairman, put the executives on the spot. Stupak asked each of them whether he would at least commit his company to immediately stop rescissions except where they could show “intentional fraud.”

The answer from all three executives:

“No.”

Late last week, I was on MSNBC discussing Rusho and Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt. Check out the video.
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I’ll be on MSNBC today at 3:45pm ET discussing Sean Hannity’s interview last night with Rush Limbaugh. Here’s the video…

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Last night I did a spot on Al Jazeera English to discuss President Obama’s major speech in Cairo, Egypt. Here’s the video.

If you haven’t yet done so, you should read the full text of the Obama speech. This speech is critically important and while it’s still to be determined whether it accomplishes a new beginning for American/Muslim relations, it was clearly an important first step.

The White House put together this video of various Muslim Americans speaking about being Muslim in America and about Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt. Check it out.

Here’s the speech, video and text (after the jump):
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