Town Hall on Health Care
President Obama
The White House
July 1, 2009
Everywhere you turn those rejecting single payer, including President Obama, say that we want to build
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Town Hall on Health Care
President Obama
The White House
July 1, 2009
Everywhere you turn those rejecting single payer, including President Obama, say that we want to build
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"So I think Congress is realizing that it's gonna be trouble if they try to roll us," and "I'm sorry that things have gotten to
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Checking In With James Gelfand, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
July 1, 2009
The Chamber of Commerce is not mincing words. The senior manager
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To rephrase the very important point that Paul Starr brings to this debate, it is not the design of the public option that is crucial
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Debating the Public Option
Paul Starr, Robert B. Reich and Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect
June 29, 2009
In "The Perils of the Public Plan," Paul Starr warns that
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By now you must be annoyed by those on the right who repeatedly claim that we do not have a problem with uninsured individuals. They
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Wealth, Income, And The Affordability Of Health Insurance
By Didem M. Bernard, Jessica S. Banthin and William E. Encinosa
Health Affairs
May/June 2009
There have been debates over how
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Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA executive, provides an insider's view as to what type of behavior we can expect from the private insurance industry after
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Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry
Testimony of Wendell Potter, formerly head of corporate communications at CIGNA
United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science
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The heated debate over the proposal to offer a public plan option is certainly warranted, but the much of the debate misses the point. While
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Single payer is now a part of the dialogue in Congress. Now if only we can convert the single payer dialogue into single payer policy.
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Testimony of Quentin D. Young, M.D.
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
June 24, 2009
I wish to make two points to the Members of this Committee.