Tag: public option
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August 19, 2009 01:01 PM EDT --
Fox News on Aug. 18 incorrectly noted the results of an Ipsos/McClatchy poll, and stated that most people "don't want the public option." The poll instead shows that 52% of Americans are in favor . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
Don't let political gamesmanship keep you from taking action on health care reform. At least one Democratic leader is convinced there will be a public option in the final bill.
Too many voices, shouted . . .
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October 23, 2009 04:21 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON, DC—A new study by Representative Anthony Weiner (D – Queens & Brooklyn), member of the Health Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Caucus on the Middle Class, revealed . . .
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October 27, 2009 01:57 PM EDT --
Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe it is extremely or quite important to give Americans the choice between a government-run health care plan and a private plan in any final health care bill, according . . .
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October 27, 2009 03:53 PM EDT --
Joe Lieberman's doubletalk on the public option is widely documented. Why not toss him overboard and get on with the work of real health care reform? He is grabbing too much undeserved attention.
I . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
I had the opportunity to attend a town hall meeting last week, and, like many others in my district, waited for shouting to quiet down before asking for the hard facts on health care reform as it relates . . .
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October 30, 2009 08:01 AM EDT --
In our current health care system, women often face higher health care costs than men and multiple other barriers to obtaining health insurance. In the individual insurance market, women face discrimination . . .
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October 30, 2009 09:52 AM EDT --
1. BEGINS TO CLOSE THE MEDICARE PART D DONUT HOLE —Reduces the donut hole by $500 and institutes a 50% discount on brand-name drugs, effective January 1, 2010.
2. IMMEDIATE HELP FOR THE UNINSURED . . .
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October 02, 2009 09:56 AM EDT --
A New York Times/CBS News poll published on September 25 showed 65% of Americans favor a government-administered health insurance plan, similar to Medicare, as one option to compete with private health . . .
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October 23, 2009 09:22 AM EDT --
The Washington Post today is reporting that there is growing support for the public option among lawmakers.
This would made sense since the polls show the majority (anywhere between 57% and . . .
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October 25, 2009 08:23 PM EDT --
GOP minority leader John Boehner, whose party has no health care plan, told a reporter, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:22 AM EDT --
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. ~ Elbert Hubbard
When an 80-year-old well-dressed woman stood up at a town hall meeting in my community, you could hear her gold . . .
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August 23, 2009 12:38 PM EDT --
An investigative report by the Associate Press says private health insurers may be quashing the very competition the free enterprise system seeks to promote. The report points to several studies which . . .
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August 24, 2009 12:32 PM EDT --
An interesting op-ed piece in yesterday's Baltimore Sun explains the real reason health insurance companies are fighting the public option.
Karen Ignagni, chief lobbyist for the health insurance industry, . . .
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September 30, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
How could the Senate Finance Committee vote down amendments to the public option, when between two-thirds and three-fourths of all Americans are for it?
The 6 Senate Finance Committee members known . . .
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August 21, 2009 09:37 AM EDT --
Universal Health Care gets high marks from the people who have it, according to an objective study by Gallup. Gallup compared countries who have it with those who do not, and found those who do are . . .
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October 06, 2009 08:27 PM EDT --
Health care reform began to pick up steam on both sides of the aisle this week as several high-profile Republicans urged their colleagues to do what's best for the American people.
Finding common ground . . .
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October 22, 2009 09:34 AM EDT --
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the Democrats' health care bill, which includes a public option, reduces the deficit over 10 years. The cost, trimmed to $871 billion over 10 years, is . . .
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