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13 hours ago ago from The Enemy Within
by Stan on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 1:31 pm EDT in Politics The two most controversial aspects of the recently passed Senate health care bill include the absence of a public option, and a mandate whereby the public will be required with penalty — to be enforced by the IRS — to purchase health insurance policies from the private, for-profit, health insurance industry; policies which may very well provide inadequate coverage, and ...
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13 hours ago ago from Classical Liberal
Cross the River, Burn the Bridge by Mark Steyn on National Review Online . Looking at the millions of Americans it leaves uninsured, and the millions it leaves with worse treatment and reduced access, and the millions it makes pay significantly more for their current health care, one can only marvel at Harry Reid’s genius: government health care turns out to be all government and no health care. Adding up the zillions of new taxes and ...
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13 hours ago ago from The Noble Jester
Seriously? No public option? Over the course of writing my blog I have become more and more dissatisfied with the American legislative process, and this is a prime example of why I am so dissatisfied. Congress decided on a health care reform bill that did not include a public option. I wrote my first blog this year about health care reform, and I find it sad and ironic that my last blog this year will be a reiteration of the first. I guess ...
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15 hours ago ago from DoomDaily
Peter Morici The Baltimore Sun Sun day, Dec 27th, 2009 Senate Democrats have managed a compromise on a health care bill that is a fraud on the American public, which is increasingly leery about a government-run health care option. Instead of a government health service to provide coverage to individuals not covered by company plans, the Senate bill authorizes the federal Office of Personnel Management to contract with a ...
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6 hours ago ago from For What It's Worth
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Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts
13 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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10 hours ago ago from U.S. News
House backers of public insurance option may yield WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 Democrat in the House and one who had appealed to President Barack Obama not to yield ...
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