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realclearpolitics.com - 11/3/2009
Minority Leader Boehner on Health Care
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JAMIE COLBY, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: I'm Jamie Colby. Good evening, everyone. I'm in for Greta Van Susteren. It happened, the big unveiling of the health care bill, and it was a big unveiling, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership rolling out this 2,000-page bill. Speaker Pelosi ...
Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/5/2009
Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan
— 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, ... (more) Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican ...

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Republican Health Insurance Reform Bill Insures Almost Nobody
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/5/2009
Republican Health Insurance Reform Bill Insures Almost Nobody
— 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 ... (more) Republican Health Insurance Reform Bill Insures Almost ...

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Despite Rhetoric About Preexisting Conditions, Boehner’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Bar Denials
thinkprogress.org - 11/3/2009
Despite Rhetoric About Preexisting Conditions, Boehner’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Bar Denials
— thinkprogress.org — 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 ... (more) Despite Rhetoric About Preexisting Conditions, Boehner’s ...

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Despite Rhetoric About Preexisting Conditions, Boehner’s Health Care Plan Doesn’t Bar Denials
Think Progress — ... have access to affordable health insurance.” On Fox News last week, Boehner said that Republicans wanted to focus on helping “those with preexisting conditions“: ...

This is the best Republicans could offer?
BlueNC - The people's think tank — ... Last Friday, Rep. Boehner, the Republican minority leader, promised "over the coming days, you're going to hear an awful lot about the specifics of what we would do to lower the cost of health insurance in America and really do this in a step-by-step gradual process." ...

House Republicans Are Our Hypocrites of the Week for Leaving Preexisting Conditions Coverage Out of Their Bogus Healthcare Plan
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... have access to affordable health insurance." On Fox News last week, Boehner said that Republicans wanted to focus on helping "those with preexisting conditions." ...

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