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Exploring The Silver Medal Psyche

Silver may come before bronze on the Olympic podium, but it lags behind on the happiness scale. Psychologists have discovered that bronze medalists tend to be more satisfied with their prize than silver medalists. Host Guy Raz speaks with chairman of Cornell University's psychology department, Tom Gilovich, about the silver medal blues.

Exploring The Silver Medal Psyche

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A Health Care Issue Both Parties Can Agree On

Thursday's White House summit on health care highlighted the disagreements between Democrats and Republicans, but they do agree on some issues. One of them is that insurers should not be allowed to retroactively cancel health insurance policies.

A Health Care Issue Both Parties Can Agree On

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Winter Olympics 2010

Snowboarder's Liver Transplant Revs 'New Engine'

Snowboarder Chris Klug's career almost ended after the 1998 Olympics because of liver disease. But he got a transplant a decade ago, and went on to take a bronze medal in 2002 — likely the only Olympic medal won by a transplant recipient. Now, Klug is back once again for the Vancouver games.

Snowboarder's Liver Transplant Revs 'New Engine'

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How Should Medicare Pay Doctors?
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How Should Medicare Pay Doctors?

The program's payments to doctors will fall by 21 percent starting on Monday, though Congress may soon act to undo the pay cut. It's the latest reminder of a chronic problem for the federal government: figuring out how to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients.

How Should Medicare Pay Doctors?

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College Justice Falls Short For Rape Victim

When Margaux learned that the college ruling meant she'd still have to attend university with her assailant, she dropped out of school. Beth Rooney/Aurora for NPR hide caption

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Seeking Justice For Campus Rapes

College Justice Falls Short For Rape Victim

Even after reporting her rape to campus security, Margaux found the school reluctant to punish her assailant. And she didn't feel safe with him still on campus. So she took her case to the federal level.

College Justice Falls Short For Rape Victim

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Health Care

Health Care Summit Was 'Uplifting'

The people who watched the health overhaul summit include Dana Milbank, who writes a column on political theater in the capital for The Washington Post. Milbank tells Steve Inskeep the process was "uplifting" because lawmakers demonstrated that they were serious and knowledgeable.

Health Care Summit Was 'Uplifting'

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Health Care Overhaul Summit Cements Differences

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Health Care Overhaul Summit Cements Differences

After a marathon meeting hosted by President Obama Thursday, Republicans and Democrats appeared no closer to bridging their differences on health care. Democrats vowed to move forward, and Republicans vowed to continue fighting a comprehensive overhaul.

Health Care Overhaul Summit Cements Differences

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Health Care

Health Summit Fails To Narrow Partisan Divide

Republicans looked President Obama in the eye and offered strong objections to a health care bill. The partisan divide on health care was played out at the White House summit Thursday. Obama and Democratic congressional leaders pushed their broad health care overhaul, and Republicans insisted on the "step by step" approach.

Health Summit Fails To Narrow Partisan Divide

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Tracking The Overhaul

Obama Hosts Bipartisan Health Care Summit

President Obama held Thursday his much-anticipated health care summit. The daylong back-and-forth didn't produce much bipartisan agreement, something neither side expected. But it did illuminate at least one thing: how both parties see the stakes in the health care debate.

Obama Hosts Bipartisan Health Care Summit

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Parsing Points Made At Health Care Summit

President Obama made his case for a health care bill to a small group of Republicans and Democrats Thursday, on live television. The meeting convened in the same week the president unveiled his own draft of a health care bill, the third attempt at crafting legislation.

Parsing Points Made At Health Care Summit

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Failed Justice Leaves Rape Victim Nowhere To Turn

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Seeking Justice For Campus Rapes

Failed Justice Leaves Rape Victim Nowhere To Turn

NPR News Investigation: Margaux was a freshman at Indiana University when, she says, another student living on her floor raped her. The local police refused to prosecute, so Margaux took the case to the campus justice system. In the end, it seemed to Margaux's family that the entire system was designed to just make the victim go away, to pretend the crime never happened.

Failed Justice Leaves Rape Victim Nowhere To Turn

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Bipartisanship Runs Aground At Health Care Summit

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Tracking The Overhaul

Bipartisanship Runs Aground At Health Care Summit

After nearly seven hours of televised debate, President Obama and fellow Democrats find little common ground with Republicans on how to salvage a health care overhaul.

Politics

Durbin: Democrats Ready To Go Solo On Health Plan

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin says overhauling health care is a big issue. He tells Steve Inskeep that if necessary, Democrats will go ahead on the legislation without Republicans if they can't get some GOP support.

Durbin: Democrats Ready To Go Solo On Health Plan

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