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susiemadrak.com - 8/25/2009
Robbery, Not Reform
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From Chris Hedges: Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance companies: +87% Percentage change in the profits of the top ten insurance companies: +428% Chances that an American bankrupted by medical bills has health insurance: 7 in 10  ...
This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery
truthdig.com - 8/24/2009
This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery
— truthdig.com — By Chris Hedges The proposed health reform plans rattling around Congress all ensure that the profits for... corporations will increase and the misery for ordinary Americans will be compounded. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries  ... (more) This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery

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commondreams.org - 8/24/2009
This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery
— commondreams.org — by Chris Hedges Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance companies: +87%... Percentage change in the profits of the top ten insurance companies: +428% Chances that an American bankrupted by ... (more) This Isn’t Reform, It’s Robbery

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In our continuing drama...
The Sideshow — ... understand that politics is a fight that does not end with the wearing of a T-shirt in November.He's not wrong. Also flagged by Susie, a piece at After Downing Street on how Hal Turner was in the pay of the FBI when he advocated lynching Cynthia McKinney, Roger Ebert on how good your "good" insurance is, Jon Cohn on The Colbert Report (on his book, Sick), Hamsher on the Senate version, and Chris Hedges saying it's robbery, not reform.

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