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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with public option

House of Representatives Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in Historic Vote - By Slim Majority
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health care reform, historic vote, House, Pelosi, public option, concessions, Blue Dogs, pre-existing conditions, gender-specific conditions, women, LGBT, anti-abortion, religious cult, 'The Family', Catholic bishops )

Alba
- 16 days ago - alternet.org
Bill contains public health-ins plan. Passed by 220-215 wi steep concessions to BlueDogs irking prog lawmakers & activists. More on what's in it & likely battles to arise in committee, here & in "5 Key Fights We Face Against the Insur Ind" in comments.
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Insurance Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter Blasts Senate Panel Rejection of Public Insurance Option
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, public option, SenateFinanceCommittee, Medicare, Baucus, Republicans, Obama, Faustian bargain, Big Pharma, Big Insurers, lobbyists, Wendell Potter, CenterforMedia'nDemocracy, NPR poll, Congress, MobilizationforHealthCare, sit-in, arrests )

Alba
- 53 days ago - democracynow.org
Potter: By no means final answer on this! Optimistic final bill will reach Pres's desk WITH public option. Connection to new poll results: public feels profoundly shut out of current overhaul debate - 71% say Congress not paying attention to us!
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"We Need a Better Change in This Country"- Mother of 17-Yr-Old Who Died When Private Insurance Denied Claim for Liver Transplant
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, reform, public option, govt, Medicare for all, private option, claims denials, insurance companies, Wendell Potter, corporate spokesperson, CIGNA, Hilda Sarkisyan, Nataline Sarkisyan, Chuck Idelson, California Nurses Assoc )

Alba
- 72 days ago - democracynow.org
This month a full vote is scheduled in the House on Medicare for all. Expanding Medicare'd bring us in line with the rest of the industrial world. There's also an amndmt that'd enable the states to enact single-payer as part of national reform. More !
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Thank Our Healthcare Heroes-Battling For The Public Option-Last Chance Before Congress Returns.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 64 Democrats With Soul, Public Option, Obama, Do or Die, Returning Congress, Take Action )

Panda Eat
- 80 days ago - democracyforamerica.com
Single payer would be the best outcome ,but a public health option, is better than the status quo.There are 64 Democrats,who have stood up to say that any bill MUST include a public option.Show them,that you are relying on them not to back down.
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Health Care : Obama Is Right, His Critics (Right and Left) Are Wrong
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Barack Obama, Far Right, Obama Critics On The Left, Politics, Republicans, Senator Edward Kennedy, healthcare, health care, health care reform, public option, Politics News )

Blue
- 81 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Where Obama offers bipartisanship the right only knows hate, pure and simple. To the right the truly insane, the armed, the deluded and the outright liars dwell. To the left the impatient and jaded dwell. What will President Obama do? Appease neither.
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Why Wasn't THIS Townhall on TV?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: public option, politics, white house congress, barack obama, single payer, hr676, government, health, health care reform, maxine waters )

Marion
- 91 days ago - desertgurl.com
Maxine Waters, Congresswoman of Los Angeles, CA, recently held this townhall meeting on Health Care Reform. No angry protesters, no gun-toting haters, no disrespectful outbursts. To a packed hall, Maxine gave a reasoned, informative talk on why Single-Pay
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Ted Kennedy Speaks Out On Health Care Reform: "The Cause Of My Life"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Obama, Health Care Reform, Newsweek, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Health Care, Ted Kennedy Health Care Reform, public option, Democrats, Politics News )

Blue
- 127 days ago - newsweek.com
Timeline : A Lifelong Passion : A look at Ted Kennedy's legislative--and personal--health-care battles
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