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A Mandate for Civil Disobedience

Healthcare Reform AdLib - December 16, 2009 197

The Senate bill is worse than you may think. A few upsetting facts: 1. Insurance companies can charge people up to 50% more for having...

The Public Option Flatlines

Healthcare Reform AdLib - December 14, 2009 387

Rachel Maddow just mentioned and the AP feed here at The Planet also presents the story that the Senate Dems meeting on health care...

The New Face of the Senate Health Care Bill

Healthcare Reform AdLib - December 7, 2009 66

Very few people know that the sausage business was started by an ex-senator who learned everything he needed to from his career in The...

Healthcare Reform: What’s in it for Me?

Healthcare Reform KQµårk 死神 - November 30, 2009 35

For people without healthcare insurance and need it or want it the answer to the question posed is very obvious. To moral people the...

Senate Bill: CBO Says 2/3 of U.S. Would Have Public Option Available

Healthcare Reform AdLib - November 19, 2009 42

The CBO is estimating that 2/3 of the U.S. population will have a Public Option available in their state, according to the Senate bill. Unless...

Senate Majority Leader Reid Healthcare Bill Passes Test with Very Good CBO Score

Healthcare Reform KQµårk 死神 - November 18, 2009 21

Bravo Senator Reid. Again you are showing some gumption and political acumen. The CBO score is very good and the bill does...

Will Abortion Debate be Democrats Civil War?

Healthcare Reform KQµårk 死神 - November 10, 2009 224

Most progressives and pro-choice Democrats properly hate the Stupak (D-MI) anti-choice amendment in the House healthcare bill because it legislates beyond the Hyde amendment...

Some Interesting Stats Re Congressional Reps/HC Industry Dollars

Healthcare Reform nicole473 - November 8, 2009 55

I put together some charts/stats based on a table in the Washington Post. My charts and conclusions are based on all of the reps...

Update #3: HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE 220-215 IN HISTORIC VOTE!!!

Healthcare Reform KQµårk 死神 - November 7, 2009 309

UPDATE #3 HOUSE HEALTHCARE REFORM PASSES HOUSE 220-215 IN HISTORIC VOTE! UPDATE #2 Anti-choice amendment passes 240-194 and Republic alternate "healthcare plan" rejected resoundingly 176-258. UPDATE...

McCainCare: The Alternative GOP Healthcare “Plan”

Healthcare Reform KQµårk 死神 - November 3, 2009 22

Elections are about choices between the two alternatives. Sure I wish we have a viable multi-party system but for the most part we...

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Healthcare Reform

A Mandate for Civil Disobedience

The Public Option Flatlines

The New Face of the Senate Health Care Bill

Healthcare Reform: What’s in it for Me?

Senate Bill: CBO Says 2/3 of U.S. Would Have Public Option Available

Senate Majority Leader Reid Healthcare Bill Passes Test with Very Good CBO Score

Will Abortion Debate be Democrats Civil War?

Some Interesting Stats Re Congressional Reps/HC Industry Dollars

Update #3: HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE 220-215 IN HISTORIC VOTE!!!

McCainCare: The Alternative GOP Healthcare “Plan”

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