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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with insurance

Paul Krugman - The Politics of Spite
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: republicans, conservatives, radicals, Reagan, americans, politics, government, corruption, abuse, lies, dishonesty, economy, freedoms, healthcare, obama, Medicare, insurance, rights, safety, society, culture )

Tom
- 49 days ago - nytimes.com
Conservative glee at America's rebuff by the Olympic Committee show that the guiding principle of Republicans is spite pure and simple. If they think something might be good for the president, they're against it -- whether or not it's good for America.
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Robert Reich Calls for Sept. 13 'March on Washington' in Support of Public Option
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, government, republicans, democrats, congress, americans, healthcare, public, option, universal, single-payer, health, insurance, march, washington, demonstration, americans, medicine, disease, protection, health, society, culture )

Tom
- 97 days ago - politico.com
"Very few things happen in Washington that are in the public's interest when corporations have huge financial stakes in the game, as they obviously do with health care -- unless the public is actively involved, engaged and organized," Reich wrote.
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VIDEO - Bill Moyers: Insider Reveals Health Insurance Industry Deceit
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, cover-up, lies, dishonesty, corruption, republicans, democrats, politics, healthcare, propaganda, americans, insurance, corporate, greed, profits, stockholders, money, influence, public, policy, illness, disease, medicine )

Tom
- 107 days ago - pbs.org
Former Health insurance Executive Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are corrupting politicians and lying to the American people.
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YouTube - Keith Olbermann Special Comment On Health Care Reform   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, ethics, dishonesty, corruption, democrats, republicans, americans, abuse, health, care, insurance, universal, single, payer, public, option, drug, lobby, campaign, contributions )

Tom
- 111 days ago - youtube.com
Keith Olbermann calls out Sen. John Thune, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans - whom he argues are owned by the insurance industry - as well as a few Democrats, too, like Blue Dog Senator Max Baucus of Montana...
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Barack Obama Spins the Facts, Takes Single-Payer Health Care Off the Table
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, americans, government, dishonesty, corruption, cover-up, lies, healthcare, medicine, illness, disease, treatment, protection, single, payer, universal, insurance, business, money, politics, corporate, greed )

Tom
- 188 days ago - opednews.com
In the United States the insurance and pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars of your insurance premiums on lobbying and campaign contributions, and greedy politicians have become quite comfortable feeding off of that cash cow.
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Must See Video: Corrupt Senate Bans Doctors From Healthcare Talks
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: business, corporate, insurance, corruption, dishonesty, americans, consumers, money, politics, government, cover-up, abuse, lies, obama, propaganda, healthcare, medicine, disease, illness, protection, prevention )

Tom
- 192 days ago - therealnews.com
One-by-one, eight single-payer advocates in the audience stood up during the opening comments of the hearing and asked why single-payer experts were being excluded from the proceedings. They each spoke out in turn until they were removed by the police.
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Baucus' Raucous Caucus: "We Need More Police"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, corruption, abuse, free, speech, dishonesty, lies, obama, americans, health, healthcare, medicine, protection, treatment, single, payer, universal, insurance, police, arrests, doctors, nurses )

Tom
- 193 days ago - truthdig.com
Single-payer advocates have been protesting in Senate Finance Committee hearings, chaired by Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Last week, at a committee hearing with 15 industry speakers, not one represented the single-payer perspective.
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Tom Daschle: What Healthcare Myths Are Blocking Reform?   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: lecture, series, tom, Daschle, health, human services, obama, appointee, healthcare, reform, insurance, americans, democrats, GoodNews, healthcare, usa, u.s. )

Gregory
- 299 days ago - youtube.com
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services in the U.S., Tom Daschle explains why the healthcare crisis is so persistent and pernicious, and why myths about cost and quality are blocking reform. He is an advocate of good health! He needs our support...
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Aetna to End Payment for a Drug in Colonoscopies - New York Times
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health care, insurance )


- 696 days ago - nytimes.com
it plans to classify the drug as "medically unnecessary" for most such procedures. (Should they declassify a drug that is medically unnecessary even if it is often psychologically necessary? What would Michael Moore say? Why can't I stop LOL?)
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