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huffingtonpost.com - 30 days ago
Mitch McConnell: Public Option "May Cost You Your Life"
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If you've spent any time following the critics of health care reform, you'd know that there's been some perfectly rational concerns over matters like structural deficits. Of course, you'd also know that there's some pretty insane talk about how health care reform will just straight up kill you, ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/28/2009
Bayh endorses McConnell line on cloture
— washingtonmonthly.com — BAYH ENDORSES MCCONNELL LINE ON CLOTURE.... Democrats and other supporters of health care reform have a very... simple message for center-right Dems who oppose fixing the system: just let the Senate vote. The issue, of course, is cloture. Reform ... (more) Bayh endorses McConnell line on cloture

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themoderatevoice.com - 10/26/2009
Reid Makes It Official: It’s the Opt-Out Public Option
— themoderatevoice.com — I really didn’t think the old geezer had it in him : The Senate health care legislation... will include a government-run insurance plan, but states would be allowed to “opt out” of it, the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, announced Monday afternoon. Pres. Obama, who has been ... (more) Reid Makes It Official: It’s the Opt-Out Public Option

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McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’
thinkprogress.org - 30 days ago
McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’
— thinkprogress.org — For months now, conservatives have been scare-mongering about health care reform with outrageous claims that it would... lead to “death panels” that could “ pull the plug on grandma .” In Congress, some Republican backbenchers ... (more) McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’

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