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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 29 days ago
Rep. Virginia Foxx Suggests It’s Better To Be Uninsured Than On Medicaid
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During this afternoon’s Rules Committee hearing to determine which amendments would be introduced during floor debate of the House health care bill, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) suggested that it’s better to be uninsured than enrolled in the government’s Medicaid program. ...
Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 11/3/2009
Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?
— fdlaction.firedoglake.com — Democrats welcome (really) (photo by M.V. Jantzen) For those of you following the 2009 elections, I don’t... have to tell you that Virginia–one year after voting Democratic for President for the first time since 1964–is about to sweep ... (more) Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?

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huffingtonpost.com - 27 days ago
Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?
— huffingtonpost.com — Well, the House health reform bill -- known to Republicans as the Government Takeover -- finally passed... after one of Congress's longer, less enlightening debates. Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; ... (more) Is the House Health Care Bill Better than Nothing?

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politico.com - 11/3/2009
Rep. Foxx: More to fear from reform than terrorism
— politico.com — November 02, 2009 Rep. Foxx: More to fear from reform than terrorism Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) warned... on the House floor today that the country has more to fear from health care reform than from terrorism. Here's the quote and the clip."Everywhere I ... (more) Rep. Foxx: More to fear from reform than terrorism

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Think Progress:  Rep. Foxx: ‘All of us want all Americans to have health insurance and access to good health care.’

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Rep. Foxx: ‘All of us want all Americans to have health insurance and access to good health care.’
Think Progress — ... The plan would provide coverage to just 3 million Americans. Earlier in the hearing, Foxx suggested that it’s better to be uninsured than enrolled in the government’s Medicaid program. “I want to ask you if you know that Medicaid patients visit the emergency room at twice the rate of uninsured patients in this country,” she said. “More government paid insurance is going to increase the number of people going to the emergency rooms.” ...

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