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[EconomyBeat.org] EconomyBeat.org - user-generated content about the economy » Blog ...: One method used by ethically challenged HMO’s and health insurers to discourage extended treatment is to file anonymous complaints to state medical boards against doctors who “overdiagnose and overtreat” Lyme disease.

[race42008.com] race42008.com » Blog Archive » Poll Watch: USA Today/Gallup ...: As you may know, President Obama is proposing a health care plan that is designed to expand coverage to nearly all Americans without raising taxes on the middle class or lowering the quality of health care. If Obama’s plan is passed, do you think it would or would not be able to accomplish all of these goals?

[Dollars & Sense blog] Dollars & Sense blog: The Populist Moment | Dollars & Sense: In contrast, the Populists began to create an indigenous egalitarian ethos, premised on the idea that (as Goodwyn puts it) by acting together, farmers (and allies) could enhance individual freedom and self-respect. This "self-respect" was actualized through both the act of political organizing itself and the vast mass meetings of the Farmers' Alliance beginning the late 1880s, through the self-education campaigns undertaken by thousands of lecturers in county after county, and through the establishment of a variety of cooperative enterprises, most notably the very ambitious Texas Exchange.

[Consumer Directed Healthcare] Consumer Directed Healthcare » Baucus Confident on Bipartisan ...: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Baucus bill would cost a total of $774 billion over 10 years. But the bill would, in effect, cost more than $800 billion, Finance committee staffers say, because of differences in scoring between the CBO and Finance committee.

[AFL-CIO NOW BLOG] AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Economy Must Be Restructured to Rebuild the ...: The legacy of the Bush administration is one of lost jobs, unaffordable health care, bankrupt state and local governments and almost nonexistent retirement security. Congress must act to build fair value for workers, Hughes said, by restoring the goal of full employment, raising the minimum wage and expanding coverage of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

[Front Row Washington] Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » After much delay, Baucus ...: If Americans continue to allow the medical industry to rape its citizens, the consequences will be disastrous. Why does every other major country in the world have a universal health care system for its citizens, but the U.S. This goes against everthing this great nation has stood for over the years.

[Below The Beltway] Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Don't Like ObamaCare ? How ...: Americans understand that any system - from co-ops to a public option - run by the government under rules imposed by the government with funding provided by the government is government-run healthcare by another name. And Americans realize that real reform doesn’t involve more government mandates and subsidies, as Senator Baucus has proposed, but solutions that empower patients, lower costs, and expand access to quality care.”

[The Gavel] The Gavel » Blog Archive » Democratic Steering & Policy Committee ...: We commend the House Committees for taking a major step in this decision by expanding health care to the uninsured…achieving this goal requires a shared responsibility among all stakeholders. This includes an individual mandate, employer responsibility, and government subsidies for those that need financial assistance.”

[Prescriptions] Baucus Releases Senate Health Care Proposal - Prescriptions Blog ...: All of the insurance plans in the exchange would have to meet strict new government requirements. Insurance companies could not bar coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions, and could only increase the cost of premiums based on a small number of factors, like age, tobacco use and whether a plan is for an individual or a family.

[CNN Political Ticker] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...: I was hoping Obama’s speech last week would clear up a few points, but I find myself being even more confused - the goal of the reform is to expand coverage, improve care quality, while at the meantime without adding “one dime” to our deficits, sounds very rosy, but how can you do all these things at the same time? So Mr.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Has Obama begun recreating the Reagan ...: But could there have been a Reagan coalition without Reagan?  As bad as Carter was, few other Republicans at the time could have unseated him, even with the anger and desperation felt in the US.  Reagan himself beat Carter by nine points in the popular vote, although he carried 44 states to Carter’s 6 and DC.  Reagan built himself into a formidable candidate by spending years on the speaking circuit discussing politics and philosophy, and then eight years as governor adhering to conservative values.  Reagan was no unknown quantity when he led his coalition to power in 1980; people knew exactly what Reagan would do as President.

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