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• Buying votes for health care

  —Orange Punch

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  It’s been fairly widely reported that moderate Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got $300 million in increased Medicare benefits, much defined so it will go to Louisianans, as a partial inducement to vote for closure on the Senate health bill Saturday night. Less well known is that a [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:12pm EST
  by by Alan Bock, Register editorial writer

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• Robert Reich fighting the good fight…

  —Orange Juice

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  Harry Reid, and What Happened to the Public Option? First there was Medicare for all 300 million of us. But that was a non-starter because private insurers and Big Pharma wouldn’t hear of it, and Republicans and “centrists” thought it was too much like what they have up in Canada — [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  by Vern Nelson

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• Harry Reid, and What Happened to the Public Option

  —Robert Reich

  First there was Medicare for all 300 million of us. But that was a non-starter because private insurers and Big Pharma wouldn't hear of it, and Republicans and "centrists" thought it was too much like what they have up in Canada -- which, by the way, cost Canadians only 10' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:58am EST
  

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• ObamaCare would jeopardize access to care to millions of seniors, nonpartisan federal agency says Tom Smith

  —Right Coast

  A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system -- would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others, according [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:37am EST
  by Tom Smith

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• Dobbs and Palin for President 2012: last gasps of obsolete GOP

  —Politics in the Zeros

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  A couple of days ago, I was enjoying a visit with two friends at Starbucks and a well-dressed man in passing, said hello. On his way out he commented offhand about the “nightmarish health care bill” that just passed the US House. He was afraid he’d lose his Medicare, and [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 5:28am EST
  by Byron DeLear

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• Greens Urge Defeat of the Democrats’ “Insurance Industry Life-Support” Bill in the US Senate

  —Orange Juice

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  Greens urge defeat of the Democrats’ “insurance industry life-support” bill in the US Senate and call for a rally of efforts to enact Single-Payer/Medicare For All GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Howie Hawkins, 315-425-1019, [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:11am EST
  by Duane Roberts

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• Is this a good summary of the ...

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  Is this a good summary of the House bill?
  
  From a commenter at FDL:36 million more people will be insured or become eligible for Medicaid
  There will be a trillion dollars raised to help subsidize this.
  There will be multiple measures to help control the costs of Medicare
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 1:23am EST
  

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• Cliffhanger health care vote expected to run late

  —SFGate: Politics Blog

  President Obama is arriving at House Cannon Building any minute to plea with Democrats to pass the biggest health care legislation since Lyndon Johnson created Medicare and Medicaid in 1964. House...
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

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