This draconian Republican plan authored by Tea Party Republican Paul Ryan, does not “reform” Medicare nor does it provide seniors with the same coverage Members of Congress receive, the Republican plan ends Medicare, period.
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Republicans are clearly on the side of the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, seeking massive donations to help them buy elections; conversely Democrats have always championed the cause of middle and poor American families standing with the people.
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Republican candidates and deep-pocketed special interests are spreading so many distortions and outright lies about health care reform that it is little wonder if voters are anxious and confused.
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Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson fought to ensure the implementation and security of Medicare and Social Security, even as Republicans have spent decades trying to eliminate them.
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The ‘Greatest Generation’ is being duped by main street media and the health insurance industry in opposing health care reform.
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Separating fact from fiction, the people we meet on day to day bases who listen to talk radio have been filled with untruths about the current proposed Health Care Legislation HR 3200.
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According to OpenSecrets.org, since 1989, the health insurance industry has given current members of Congress $39.5 million.
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Medicare spending for outpatient prescription drugs rose from $5.9 billion to $44.3 billion
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When Consumers’ Checkbook asked docs where they were most likely to send patients with extremely difficult cases, these are the hospitals they named.
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A Public Health Insurance Plan Part III Part III – A road map to healthcare reform. If we heed lessons of the past, we can achieve universal coverage. By Jacob S. Hacker with The Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 2009 Berkeley, Calif. – The economic stimulus package just passed by the House contains much to [...]
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A Public Health Insurance Plan Part II Part II – Public Health Plan Would Reduce Costs, Improve Quality By Mary Agnes Carey with CQ Healthbeat News, February 5, 2009 Allowing Americans to get their health coverage from a public health insurance plan would provide better care that costs less while offering real competition to private [...]
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Part I – Reducing Costs and Improving Quality. By Frank Clemente with the Institute for America’s Future, Report: February 4, 2009 We can lower health care costs, provide greater efficiency and quality, give more financial security to people facing illness and help cover the costs of insuring the uninsured if we allow a public health insurance [...]
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