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Insurance companies should fear people like Dr. Dave Ores more than any health care reform bill

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While the politicians in Washington argue about how many uninsured people there really are, call each other liars and debate over eleventh-hour amendments, real people with real lives are not waiting around for some edict to determine their destiny. They … Continue reading

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A metaphor for health insurance even Congress can understand

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One of the arguments that always comes back about the number of uninsured is that 64% or so of Americans have insurance and like it. (WaPo) But, what nobody is doing is actually looking at what the insurance really is. … Continue reading

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Health care reform my puppy butt

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Yesterday, Keith Olbermann had a one-hour special comment about health insurance and health care in America. He has recently had a first-hand experience with his father. I don’t know how much it cost to produce one hour of Countdown nor … Continue reading

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Dear Minority Leader John Boehner; this I fear more

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A few days ago, I saw a video of you saying that Americans most fear the US Federal Government is spending beyond it’s means and that we are leaving a mountain of debt to our kids and grandkids. (I can’t … Continue reading

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Kill the beast! The public option in health care reform

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The title of this post is taken from the lyrics of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and explains what the right is doing with the so-called public option of health care reform. Love or hate him, Robert Reich explains the … Continue reading

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Chris Matthews is brilliant

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Chris Matthews had John Velleco from the Gun Owners of America on Hardball yesterday. The interview was all about people bringing loaded weapons to presidential events, but he did something probably ad lib at the end of the interview (10:50 … Continue reading

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