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And the sun might not rise tomarrow
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."   G Orwell
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I doubt putting folks in jail would go over real big.... the point in showing that the language is there is to let people know this bill needs a LOT of work... I would like to see a decent bill get passed.  I am very sceptical that the Congress can come up with something that won't hit the middle class right in the purse as usual.  
 
 
And we see how they have handled the Pandemic debacle.  5-6 Billion of ...our.... tax dollars, only got at risk people
a mere 30 million vaccine doses...as they went out on a limb with experimental... that was overdone.....  ok...some experimental...but the BULK of it was experimental. 
 
 
They knew early on it was not a real killer and where was their 'out' to back off the amazing Variety of Vacs?  That the Congress has no capacity to see ahead and think outside the box for changed scenarios...boggles the mind.
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yes it is quite  mistiying how all of a sudden we just cant do anything acoording to some.
 
Funny how this has been a common theme of some since hmmmmmmm November
Go Figure
 
Maybe we should just do nothing and Hope for the best.
 
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hi... this is what is in the works...
 
 
 

Ben Nelson Says He Might Block Dem Health Care Bill

(D-Neb.)

 
 
 
 
 
How Does it work?
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...The House passed its version of healthcare reform legislation on Saturday. Now the Senate must pass its healthcare bill. Should the bill pass the Senate, a conference committee composed of lawmakers from both chambers will produce a conference report, or final bill, which the House and Senate must approve for the bill to become law.

 
 

House could work on healthcare reform bill into late December

By Jordan Fabian - 11/11/09 11:59 AM ET
 
 
 
 
 
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In both the House and Senate bills, part of the cost of expanding Medicaid would be passed along to the states.

The governor's office has not yet completed a detailed comparison of the impact of the

two bills on New York, but a report has been promised to members of Congress by
 
Thanksgiving, according to Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx.
 
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Please post what's going on in your state...
 
 
 
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By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
 
 
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle   
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The 60-39 vote cleared the way
 
for a bruising, full-scale debate beginning >>>>  after Thanksgiving
 
on the legislation
 
 
 
 
 
 
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GOOD News...
 
November 21, 2009

Reform tax would hit H1N1 vaccine manufacturers

 

In an attempt to illustrate the real world consequences of reform's taxes,

Senate Republicans are pointing out a provision that would tax the makers of swine flu
 
vaccines and drugs. The provision raises $2.3 billion annually from drug makers who sell
 
their products through government programs.
 
 
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4=Laro  pointed to this link...
 
 
 
 
 
 
We need an assist with Health Care... Something other than a      Takeover.
 
 
Lloyd has a great voice...

 
 
YouTube - Twenty Ten by    Lloyd Marcus
 
 
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I want something... I also want to be comfortable with it... what I post here is what I am finding... not necessarily what I personally think.
 
 

Oregon's Bill Bradbury Discusses Healthcare Senate Legislation (VIDEO)

Tim King Salem-News.com

Bradbury discusses political opposition to the proposed healthcare bill.

 
 
 
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Another VIDEO
 
 
 

Udall discusses healthcare, Afghanistan

Updated: Monday, 30 Nov 2009, 10:03 AM MST
Published : Monday, 30 Nov 2009, 10:03 AM MST

    ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., talks about what the Senate is working on. (This aired as a two-part interview, but the segments were edited together for the Web.)

     
     
     
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     I want something... I also want to be comfortable with it... what I post here is what I am finding... not necessarily what I personally think.
     
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    Thanks to google
     
     
     
     
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     I want something... I also want to be comfortable with it... what I post here is what I am finding... not necessarily what I personally think.
     

    Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, including recent comments by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and whether Democrats can afford to settle. Her view: "Without a public option, there's no real cost containment. There's no real competition for the health care industry. Why go for something that will not be real reform?"

     
    MSNBC VIDEO
     
     
     
     
    Also see several new posts-  Health Care Videos on page 4
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    The Vote on Health Care Should Not be Rushed Through at the HOLIDAYS.
     
     
     
    Medicare Fraud is amazing... do we want to hand over our hard earned tax dollars?
     
     
    How Much    CONTROL will the CITIZENS have?
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    Make your thoughts KNOWN.
     
     
    Time to write letters/ email
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    The pen is mighty.
     
     
     
     
    Find Your Senator
    ....................................................your thoughts...  your words in plain languageSmile
     
    it's ok to just put in your regular zip code...
     
     
     
     
     
    or
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Congress likes email...
     
     
     
     
     
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    Dec. 06, 2009

    Las Vegas Review-Journal
     
     
    OPINION POLL: Fewer back health reform
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    Nevadans' support diminishes
     
    By PAUL HARASIM
     
     
     
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    All Republicans want to slow down...        ok...
     

    Is Harry Reid feeling Well?
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    Harry Reid Likens Passing Government-Run Health Care To Ending Slavery
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    Back to the rush argument again
     
    What a joke
    "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."   G Orwell
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    Originally posted by Mahshadin Mahshadin wrote:

    Back to the rush argument again
    What a joke


    When you said Rush I thought you were talking about Rush Limbaugh. Only because that drug head was Arrested, busted and admitted guilt for his OxyContin and hydrocodone abuse and now needs cochlear implants to hear again. He also thinks Global Warming is a hoax he ties Obama's new healthcare logo to a Nazi Swastika.

    If you're talking about the Health bill getting rushed they will beat it to death and something will probably get passed but with a good deal of the profits left in for the drug makers. Hopefully they do setup something where anyone can get health care at a reasonable price and force the hospitals and drug companies into a realistic pricing structure.
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    Actually I was refering to previous post
     
    Republicans want to slow down.  (This is a joke)
     
    They dont want to slow anything down they want it to stop (Period). They are gambling that the American Peoiple cant figure out that they are no representing them. Istead getr them to believe in a conspiricy theory (Whoo-hooo), now theres a new tactic.
     
    Obstruction Plain and Simple   (Now thats what we all want huh)
    "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."   G Orwell
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    Total takeover ..of our Health Care By the Federal Government is like giving a blank check
     
    to    CONGRESS   ( the 'Government')   to the Bank Of Taxpayer Dollars.
     
    Are people aware of the Medicare Fraud?    It's quite amazing.
     
     
    On the one hand we have...    Total Takeover  (straight to the Bank Of US Taxpayers)
     
     
    On the other hand we have-    Obstruction Plain and Simple   ( as in No Takeover )
     
     
    Which do you choose?
     
     
    Isn't it     very  interesting.     That there is   Nothing...   else?
     
     
    So... where is that 3rd party everyone is talking about?    Perhaps they have a Brain?
     
     
     
     
    Mary008  
     
     ( who wants Health Care for All ... In a well thought out manner... minus the Games and
     
    Fraud we see With Medicare )
     
     
    ......
     
     ( Congress can't / won't read Bills and we want to hand them a blank check? remember, Billions for Influenza Vaccine.... experimental...caterpillar etc..... OMG )
     
     It's very disheartening when  the US Congress can't seem to pass something intelligent
     
    like this...
     
     
    When they do ... maybe we could think about something as massive as Total takeover of
     
    Our Health Care.... ?
     
     
    This Tax Law Can Affect You!    (if you are wealthy)

    By Rich Smith
    October 16, 2007

    excerpt-
    ... Dingell's plan would leave the loophole intact for homes of 3,000 square feet and less,
     
    but it would slice off 15% of the deduction as homes grow toward 3,200 square feet, 60% as they balloon to 3,800 square feet, and 90% as they rise up to 4,200 sq.ft. As for homes measuring 4,200 square feet and up -- well, their sacred cows would be taken out back and shot.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Hi, Mary,

    Of course it is going to pass. 

    Why? 
     
    We, the little people, no longer have the ear of our chosen elect...it is all about the lobbyists...even if we all sign a zillion petitions, we have no bucks behind us and they could care less...this is what I have found out after months of calling and writing about HR 2749 which should have been a dead bill (once again thanks to the ilk of Dingell). 
     
    Now, in spite, of  what our dedicated physicians and nurses want, once again, in our best interests, of course, we now have runaway.gov basically determining our quality of life as well as our lifespan, what food we eat and whether or not we can have any water!!!
     
    Is this the same USA we grow up in?  Hardly. 
     
    We are accountable for the choices we make...
     
    I hope in the next life I don't have to explain our generation's lack of intestinal fortitude to  someone like George Washington. 
     
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    hiya..  I'm thinking ... a rumble is getting louder, to many are upset over the same thing for it not to have an impact. 
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    Originally posted by SheepLady SheepLady wrote:


    Of course it is going to pass.
    Why?
    We, the little people, no longer have the ear of our chosen elect...it is all about the lobbyists...even if we all sign a zillion petitions, we have no bucks behind us and they could care less...


    Even the President has people above and below him that control just about every one of his actions. I bet if you spent one week in his shoes you would feel like the least free person on earth. Sure you can hide for a week but try it for a lifetime. The guy always travels in a virtual jail. I think the higher you climb more you become judged.

    Can you imagine 150 million people hating you? Or how about Tiger Woods, that guy with all his perfection and skill might end up like Michael Jackson from the things he does outside of his profession.
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    I wonder if it was a big shock... the things a President, can not get done.
     
     
     tentative deal ?   What?     No to  'tentative'
     
     
    here is some interesting news... and something unexpected,
     
    Medicare would be opened to uninsured Americans at age 55,
     
    and dropping a full-blown government-run insurance option.
     
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    AP sources: Dems reach deal to drop gov't-run plan

    AP sources: Democrats reach tentative deal to drop government-run plan from health bill

    • By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
    • On 10:45 pm EST, Tuesday December 8, 2009
    ...private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage, with the possibility of greater government involvement if needed
     
     
    article here-
     
     
     
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    Excellent... this was a huge anger producer for the middle class... assisting the poor
     
    (Medicaid) and not seeing any hope in sight for their own Health Care..(Medicare)
     
    (it better fly)
     
    A lot of men/women are out of work in their mid 50's  ... as a result of "downsizing" 
     
    (eliminating high paying positions in a company.)
     
     
    Under the tentative agreement, liberals lost their bid to expand Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health care for the poor, elderly and disabled.
     
     
     
    (finally the middle class ... drowning in taxes, gets a break )
     
    But they prevailed on the Medicare expansion, and the negotiators appeared ready to maintain a separate health care program for children until 2013, two years longer than the bill currently calls for, according to officials familiar with the details.
     
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    Many middle class folks haved lived with no health care...  Can the Congressmen/women
     
    live for years with no health care?   
     
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    Public option may be dead in Senate

    By David Espo

    Associated Press

    Published: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 10:09 p.m. MST
     
     
     
    WASHINGTON - After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a full-blown government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
    In its place, officials said Democrats had tentatively settled on a private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage,....
     
     
    cont. here-
     
     
     
     
     
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    Who's Sorry Now?
     
     
     
     
    UPDATE 1-Drug data mining ban unlikely in Senate health bill
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    Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:15pm EST
    3:00pm EST

    By Susan Heavey
     
     
    WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) -
     
    A Democratic proposal to ban the collection of doctors' prescription records for marketing purposes
     
    is unlikely to be included as part of the Senate's overall health reform bill, a Senate staff member said on Monday.
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     It Isn't over yet.
     
     
    They are trying to hash out their differences to come up with a merged Bill...
     
     
     
     Senate negotiators will next meet with their counterparts in the House--which
     
    passed its own $894 billion bill in November--to work out the differences and
     
    try to forge one bill that Congress can present to President Obama.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    We Will Not See This Become A Reality...  Unless We       Push For It.
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    The House bill doesn't tax gold-plated plans, but raises funds through an additional
     
    5.4 percent income tax on individuals earning $500,000 or more per year, and families
     
    earning $1,000,000 or more.
     
     
    All of these new taxes are controversial, creating more flash points for negotiators.
     
     
    From
     
     
     
     
     
    Call  your Senator... it has a great impact...  
     
     
    Tell them you want this in the Final Bill.
     
    5.4 percent income tax on individuals earning $500,000 or more per year, and families
     
    earning $1,000,000 or more.
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Why call? Can't I just send an email? Emails are great, but a call is worth a thousand
     
    emails! Calls are more personal and more noticeable than emails because staffers have
     
    to deal with them in real time. Senate offices keep close tabs on constituent calls and
     
    those tallies can influence votes.
     
    Give the bill when you call or write...  
     
     
    Health Care Bill
     
    H.R. 3962
     
     Phone Numbers
     
     
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    ...and now, saying the economy is in worse shape and Americans are more anxious.
     
     ...........
     
     
     
    And the Congress thinks if they FINE (over $2,000 per family)  
     
    all the  just skidding by middle class people
     
    (who are currently  paying for the poor folk's Health Care )
     
    It will Lessen this... ?
     
     
    Americans are more anxious
     
     
     
    and Congress has the nerve to tell the middle class that taxing the rich ... isn't going
     
    over very well?   
     
     
    And where is that Carrot ? ... the one where they will give medicare to people  55 to
     
    65... no word on that?  Did it escape the merged bill?
     
     
    Call them tell them you want it...
     
     
    Keeping a record on this Congress...   ... in order to serve us better :)
     
     
     
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    Let us give Congress a bit of Credit for Realizing it would
     
    not be prudent to Fine our young people with
     
    No Jobs
     
    No Health Care
     
    Until    >>>>>  2014
     
     
    Hopefully there will be jobs for them by then?
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    Health care reform.  It's about time someone does something. 
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    They/we should scrap this plan altogether, and vote out all that voted for it.
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    If you have to pass it to know what's in it...

    If you have to force people to buy it...

    If you need to fine people   $1000.00 plus because they can't afford it...
     
    If privacy is not protected, no ban on the collection of doctors' prescription
     
    records for marketing purposes ...

    If you can't even guard against crooks bilking Billions off Medicare...
     
     

    Mabye Congress should     Brain Up...
     
     
     
    We all love space exploration ( Congress tosses Billions at it ) but let's

    get our Congressional act together and toss a few Billion at a sensible,

    intelligently thought out Health Care Plan.
     
     
     
    Did Congress have a hearing to look at the best of the best implemented by
    the states on Health Care?  What is or is not working at that level?
     
     

    A simple yet rotton practice by Excellus Blue Cross was to give a yrly rate and
    then raise it after 4 months, which is illegal...   but policy holders are unaware
    and would not complain to the state. 

     
     
    We have to cut off practices like that.
     

    It is a very big mistake to pretend that our people in Congress are a bunch of

    geniuses, far from it.  They need our input.  So turn off the tube, get out the

    pen and tell them what you need.

     
     
    No way is it so simple... A decent policy > drives acceptance of it.
     
     
     
    No Decent Health Care Policy Exists at Present
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     Many states had already implemented checks on big insurance companies...
     
    Some ststes have BETTER plans in place NOW
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    Congress needs to Re-tool  Health Care Policy
     
     
     Tell them Now
     
     
     

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      Are you coming to the realization?
       
       
       
       
      Airports now treat us all like we are terrorists who may blow up a plane...
       
       
      Next we could all be treated like illegals who may want to rip off the New
       
      GOVERNMENT Health Care System...
       
       
      Just say No.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      How Badly Do You Want GOVERNMENT Health Care?
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      Just head on down to your -
       
      local department of social services 
       
       
      The facilitator will forward the completed application to your local department of social
       
      services where it will be reviewed and final insurance eligibility determinations will be made.
       
       
      The local department of social services will let you know which health insurance program
       
      you qualify for and verify which health plan you chose.
       
       
       
       
      How much information is Too Much Information?
       
       
      When does government cross the line... just because
       
      your income is low?
       
       
       
      Imagine a well heeled individual putting up with this?
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      Family Health Plus
      Medicaid
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       This is amazingly intrusive and sadly, many of our young people
       
      just out of college unable to get a full time job, will not get this
       
       
      because it feels so crappy applying for it...
       
       
       
       
      What will happen when I apply?
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      Your local department of social services and Facilitated Enrollers are available to assist you
       
      in completing your application for public health insurance. They can help you fill out an
       
      application, choose a health plan and answer any questions you may have. You and your
       
      family members can apply for several public health insurance programs (Medicaid, Family
       
      Health Plus and Child Health Plus) using a single application.

       
       
      The application will ask for information about
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      the persons living in your household,
       
      your household's income,
       
      housing expenses,
       
      illnesses/injuries,
       
      other health insurance as well
       
      as your New York State residency,
       
      United States citizen or immigration status,
       
      and social security numbers
       
      of the persons applying for Family Health Plus.
       
      You will need to provide proof of the identity,
       
      date of birth,
       
      residence,
       
      current income,
       
      dependent care costs,
       
      health insurance,
       
      citizenship
       
      and immigration status
       
      for the members of your family applying for insurance.
       
      If you require assistance,
       
      your local department of social services
       
      or Facilitated Enroller
       
      will help you identify
       
      and gather this documentation.
       
      All information is kept confidential
       
      and will only be used to verify if you are eligible
       
      for public health insurance.
       
       
      If you meet with a Facilitated Enroller,
       
      once your application is complete your Facilitated Enroller will let you know if you and/or
       
      your family appear to be eligible for Family Health Plus
       
       or another public health insurance program.
       
       
      The facilitator will forward the completed application to your local department of social
       
      services where it will be reviewed and final insurance eligibility determinations will be made.
       
       
      The local department of social services will let you know which health insurance program you qualify for and verify which health plan you chose.
       
       
       
       
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      Most people will be hearded off to Medicaid..  read that post above
       
       
      ( Are you coming to the realization? ) 
       
       
      and the rest will pay taxes on their Health benefits... to help pay for the uninsured folks
       
      Health Care... AND you are looking at hefty out of pocket premiums...why?
       
       
      Because Corps have Lobbied themselves right out of helping you with your health care
       
      as their profits rise and the greed with it... the power to write their own ticket ( and
       
      now they are called "persons" )   and their Heads are as big as Mars....
       
       
      You must realize the Bilions Corps will save with this amazing new Govt. Health Care...
       
       
      Anything "Govt." is paid for >>>>   by the people...
       
       
       
      Washington Post has some interesting info...
       
      You won't like it...
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      And....  What a tangled web we weave...
       
       
       

      A Sphere of Influence

       
      ...Here are the 41 Lobbyists conected to specific members of the Finance Committee
       
      and the health interests they represent:
       
       
       
       
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      Good info here... 
       
       
       
       
       
       

      ...The novel question before the courts is whether the government can require citizens to

      buy a commercial product like health insurance.
       
       
       
      ...Judge Hudson remarked on the difficulty of determining Congress's intent regarding a
       
      law with hundreds of disparate provisions. "This bill has more moving parts than a
       
      Swiss watch," he said.
       
       
       
       
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      Published: November 26, 2010
       
       
       
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      ( A National Sales Tax  )
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      and...
       
       
      The Insurance Companies ARE the public option...
       
       
       
       
       
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      ... big single insurance carrier.
       
      Proponents of the new legislation have long argued that these dominant companies could
       
      subvert the competitive goals of the exchanges planned for 2014, which are intended to
       
      foster new business and cheaper coverage.
       
       
      Antitrust Suit in Michigan  Tests Health Law
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      DETROIT - When the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit
       
      against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in October, the
       
      unusual action was widely seen as a warning shot to dominant
       
      health insurance carriers in many other states.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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      Republicans are Already Defunding Obamacare
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