firedoglake.com - 6/22/2009
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It's funny though the citizenry thinks it's an awesome idea that Blue Cross/Blue Shield have some competition so they can just be fabulously successful instead of outrageously fabulously successful. But apparently, the most important aspect of Democracy is that millions suffer so that can ...
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The Health Insurance Industry is killing us
Rising Hegemon —
Screw you Blanche Lincoln (D - Blue Cross). Meanwhile, Americans are struggling to pay for healthcare in the ongoing economic recession, with a quarter saying they have had trouble in the past 12 months, according to a survey released on Monday. Baby boomers -- the generation born between 1946 and 1964 -- had the most trouble and were the most likely to put off medical treatments or services, said researchers at Center for Healthcare Improvement, part of the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters (TRI.N). The study, ...
The entire health care debate in a single phrase and today's news
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of Blue.
Interview with Dr. Oliver Fein of PNHP.
Dr. David Stornelli • Guest essayist , Democrat & Chronicle: National health care insurance makes sense
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