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The BS on Reconciliation

March 8, 2010August 10, 2015 425 Views 0 Comments Reconciliation, Orrin Hatch, Healthcare Reform, E. J. Dionne, Procedure, Meet the Press, Religion

Below is a youtube of a segment from Meet The Press this past Sunday in which E. J. Dionne calls out Sen. Orrin Hatch for the Republican’s continuing bullshit about the use of reconciliation to pass things based on a simple majority vote in the Senate. We need to be discussing policy and health insurance reform (or elimination), but instead, all the Republicans can come up with to try to “win” is to run around like Chicken Little complaining that the sky will fall if some Senate procedure is “out-procedured.”

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Broken Wrist a Pre-existing Condition

November 29, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 335 Views 0 Comments Greg Mankiw, Harvard, CNN, Economics, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance, Health care reform, Public Health Insurance, Health Care Insurance Reform, United Healthcare, David Brooks

Today’s stupid health insurance company tricks includes one lady’s experience of having her insurance company deny paying for the treatment of her broken wrist because it was a “pre-existing condition,” my experience with having denial codes that even the insurance company can’t explain, and the writings of some conservatives who say we can’t reform heath care insurance because it would make a more decent society and let us enjoy more leisure time.

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Need An Insane Congress Person – There’s a Rep For That

October 19, 2009August 10, 2015 351 Views 0 Comments Lies, Glenn Beck, fundies, death panels, deceit

Republicans sound like they’re conducting a giant experiment in saying whatever they can get away with, and I suspect they’re surprised as any of us by some of the results. That’s probably too harsh, though. What’s worse is that a good chunk of them might believe the stuff they say.

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Need An Insane Congress Person – There's a Rep For That

October 19, 2009 B. John 351 Views 0 Comments Lies, Glenn Beck, fundies, death panels, deceit

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Olbermann's Special Commentary on Healthcare Reform

October 8, 2009 B. John 276 Views 0 Comments Keith Olbermann, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Health care reform

As usual, Keith Olberman does a good job of explaining the need for healthcare reform, and explaining the public option. Olberman cites a comment by Winston Churchill: Churchill’s argument was this, “I have heard it said that the government had no mandate such a doctrine is wholly inadmissible. The responsibility for the public safety is absolute and requires no mandate!”

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CIGNA CEO Salary in the Spotlight

October 8, 2009August 10, 2015 321 Views 0 Comments Health Care Insurance Reform, CEO Salaries, Ed Hanway, CIGNA

CIGNA took in $19.1 billion dollars in revenue last year, with a $292 million dollar income. That doesn’t include the salaries given to people like CEO Ed Hanway. He made a cool $12 million last year, and over the past five years he took in $120 million. Hanway has $28 million in unexcercised stock options.

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What's Wrong With Baucus Care

October 6, 2009 B. John 297 Views 0 Comments Health Care Insurance Reform, Max Baucus, Public Option

There’s no public option in Senator Max Baucus’ Healthcare bill. Instead, we are forced to buy private insurance. This is a major step backwards for the healthcare reform movement! Watch the video and call your senator at (202) 224-3121.

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Robert Reich Explains the Public Health Care Insurance Option

October 4, 2009August 10, 2015 337 Views 0 Comments Robert Reich, Public Option, Sick for Profit, Brave New Films, Health Care Insurance Reform

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains what a public option for healthcare coverage really means for working people.

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United Health Care's Extreme Profits

October 2, 2009 B. John 311 Views 0 Comments Sick for Profit, Health Care Insurance Reform, UnitedHealth Group, United Health Care, CEO Salaries, Stephen Hemsley. Brave New Films

What does UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year? Brave New Films is launching a major new campaign to reveal the truth about the health insurance industry, and we need your help to do it. Contribute $25 today so we can create more campaigns exposing the obscene wealth of the CEOs of Aetna, CIGNA, Humana and WellPoint and the policyholders they’ve abandoned for profit.

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Al Franken Freehands a Map of The U.S.

September 24, 2009August 10, 2015 234 Views 0 Comments Al Franken, U.S. Map

Al Franken Draws The United States Of America at the SD 29 and Dodge County DFL Joint Fundraiser on April 28, 2007 in Rochester, Minnesota. This is very cool If you have’nt seen this yet.

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Robert Reich Explains the Public Option

September 18, 2009August 10, 2015 277 Views 0 Comments Insurance Reform, Robert Reich, Health care reform, Public Health Insurance, Public Option

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains what a public option for healthcare coverage really means for working people.Pass it on to everyone you know. We can’t let the insurance companies decide who gets care and who doesn’t.