thinkprogress.org - 7/30/2009
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President Obama has explained that one of the reasons he supports a robust public option as a competitor to private insurers is to “force waste out of the system and keep the insurance companies honest .” Sen. Jon Kyl, who opposes a public option, tells the Wall Street Journal that insurance ...
huffingtonpost.com - 7/27/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Senator Jon Kyl, R-A.Z., pushed back against his
GOP colleagues on Sunday for suggesting that they could...
break the president and reap electoral advantage in 2010 if they derail health care reform, calling statements to that effect "unfortunate." ...
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Kyl Calls DeMint And Inhofe's Health Care Remarks ...
briefingroom.thehill.com - 8/4/2009
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
The September 15th deadline for a bipartisan healthcare
bill isn't likely to be honored, Senate Minority Whip...
Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) predicted Tuesday. Kyl attempted to call a bluff by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who said last ...
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Kyl says Baucus will let 9/15 healthcare deadline slide
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GOP Health Plan Is Modeled on Banking Deregulation
Wonk Room —
... The choice is clear. President Obama has promised to cut health care costs, expand coverage and eliminate discrimination against Americans with preexisting conditions. Conservatives have a very different vision. They think that insurers “don’t need to be ‘kept honest’ by the government,” and they plan to dismantle many of the existing laws which Americans rely on to ensure that their medical conditions are covered. We have already seen the cost of bank deregulation on the nation’s economy; it is truly mind boggling that conservatives want to do the same ...
Anthony Weiner Points Out the Hypocrisy of Members of Congress on Medicare but Against the Public Option
Crooks and Liars —
... internal study showing that 151 members of Congress “currently receive government-funded; government-administered single-payer health care — Medicare.” Of those 151 members, 55 are Republicans who also happen to be “ steadfastly opposed [to] other Americans getting the public option, like the one they have chosen.” Included on Weiner’s list are anti-public option crusaders Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT), Sen. ...
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