thinkprogress.org - 11/3/2009
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While leading GOP opposition to health care reform over the past few months, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) has simultaneously insisted that Republicans believe in helping Americans with preexisting conditions get health care. Currently, “in 44 states, it’s legal for health insurers to ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 30 days ago
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning:
The only thing worse than having no health-care reform...
plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison. Late last night, ...
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Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Earlier this week, a spokesman for House Minority
Leader John Boehner made a prediction . The Republican...
health care plan, he said, "will cover millions more Americans" than the Democrats' plan. Bold. But here's what the experts say: By 2019, CBO and ...
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Republican Health Insurance Reform Bill Insures Almost ...
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Promises Broken: House GOP Plan Doesn't Bar Discrimination For Pre-Existing Conditions
Fired Up! Missouri —
... Boehner has echoed this commitment. In September, he told NPR that "making sure that people who have preexisting conditions have access to affordable health insurance" is "essential." ...
Pre-existing positions on pre-existing conditions
Political Animal —
... ." As recently as last week, Boehner told Fox News that Republicans wanted to focus on helping "those with preexisting conditions." Now that the House Republican reform plan fails to prevent insurers from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions, this pre-existing rhetoric is ...
House Republicans Are Our Hypocrites of the Week for Leaving Preexisting Conditions Coverage Out of Their Bogus Healthcare Plan
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... Think Progress illustrates here that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is practically addicted to repeating the phrase whenever someone challenges him with a healthcare question: ...
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