npr.org - 9/24/2009
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At first glance, Switzerland's health care system looks like it could be the perfect political compromise for the United States. As Republicans would prefer, individuals not employers or the government choose from a broad array of health plans, sold by private insurance companies. And as ...
hotair.com - 10/1/2009
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hotair.com —
Every once in a while, an issue comes
along that has such clear-cut implications that it rearranges
the usual political alignments — perhaps especially so when the issue has little to do with electoral politics. Such is the case with Roman ...
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A Right-Left consensus building on Polanski
lefarkins.blogspot.com - 9/28/2009
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lefarkins.blogspot.com —
You've probably heard that Roman Polanski was arrested
in Switzerland. I think this is a very good
thing, and find most of the outrage over it baffling. One thing to note here is that Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired was an absolutely appalling ...
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The Polanski Arrest
abcnews.go.com - 9/28/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
A French attorney for detained director Roman Polanski
said today that he would fight extradition to the
United States on a 32-year-old statutory rape charge . "He wants to struggle, and I think it will be possible for us to maintain his freedom," ...
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Roman Polanski Lawyers Will Fight Extradition
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The Max Tax: Baucus Plan Fails to Control Growth of Insurance Premiums
Firedoglake —
... There are some countries that have universal health care provided primarily by a regulated marketplace of private insurers (Switzerland and ...
Aaron E. Carroll: Other health care systems are not all the same
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Switzerland,
as you may have heard, has an entirely private-run insurance system. They require significant cost-sharing
designed to avoid shielding patients from the costs of health care. Although premiums on average are similar to what we pay here, their ...
Kent Conrad Hasn’t Understood T.R. Reid Very Well
Matthew Yglesias —
... but, again, that’s not the same as what America’s employer-based system does. In America what happens is that the cost of your premium is split between you and your employer, but your choice of insurance options is determined by your employer’s HR department. The German system is more like a payroll tax that funds government subsidies for you to sign up for the “sickness fund” of your choice. In Switzerland “individuals — not employers or the government — choose from a broad array of health plans, sold by private insurance ...
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Swiss Insurance Actually Pretty Different
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 9/8/2009 — Contrary to what I wrote this morning , as Scott Lemieux points out the Swiss health care system is actually pretty different from what Max Baucus’ proposal would leave us with. Notably, according to this Commonwealth Fund report “In ...
Switzerland Offers to Consider Taking Gitmo Detainees
talkleft.com 1/21/2009 — The Government of Switzerland made a generous offer today -- it is willing to consider taking Guantanamo detainees who cannot return to their home countries: "For Switzerland, the detention of people in Guantanamo is in conflict with international ...
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Stalin Lives... IN SWITZERLAND!
whiskeyfire.typepad.com 9/25/2009 — Joe Stalin is coming to AN AMERICA NEAR YOU ! If nothing else, the Obama eruption in American politics is steadily
revealing the stark reality behind the progressive movement - the
totalitarian temptation is always there and, for more than a ...
Director Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland (Roundup)
monstersandcritics.com 9/28/2009 — Zurich - Film director Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland under a 31-year-old US arrest warrant and may be extradited to face sex abuse charges, police in Zurich said Sunday. A file picture dated 20 October 2005 shows Polish-born film ...
OBAMA AGENDA: On Afghanistan, health care —
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Here's the latest New York Times/CBS poll: "President Obama is confronting declining support for his handling of the war in Afghanistan and an electorate confused and anxious about a health care overhaul as he prepares for pivotal battles over both ...
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