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Blackout on Single-Payer Healthcare Proponents of popular policy shut out of debate 3/6/09 Major newspaper, broadcast and cable stories mentioning ...
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FAIR Study: Media Blackout on Single-Payer Healthcare
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Dean: Give Americans A Choice, ‘I Don’t Think We Should Impose Single-Payer On Everybody’
Wonk Room —
Some political pundits have portrayed former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) as a wacky liberal caricature, whose online supporters spam blog comment sections in favor of single-payer health care. But during an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress, Dean described parts of his own health care philosophy as conservative.
Rather than advocating for a broad overhaul of the health care system, for instance, Dean argued that we can build on what works in our current system and reform health care by giving Americans the choice of keeping their existing insurance plan or enrolling in a new public option.
Dean predicted that more Americans would chose a public ...
Dean: ‘I Don’t Think We Should Impose A Single-Payer On Everybody’
Think Progress —
In an interview with ThinkProgress yesterday, Gov. Howard Dean laid out the principles that he thinks should guide the health care reform debate. Dean argued against a single-payer system, against an individual mandate, and for extending free health care to all Americans under the age of 25.
The former DNC Chairman advocated building upon the existing employer-based health care system by giving Americans the choice of keeping their existing insurance plan or enrolling in a new public option. “People hate the health care system, but they love their own doctor and they pretty much like the care they get,” he explained. “So what you ...
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Progressives Press Ahead With Single Payer Health
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Put Single Payer Health Care On The Table Now
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Single payer pix from Iowa Health Care forums
correntewire.com 4/1/2009 — We'll have more from the Iowa Health care forums shortly, including (we hope) a very interesting YouTube and an interview with one of the speakers, but these pictures should whet your apetite:
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