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Firedoglake: Early Morning Swim: Sen. Al Franken vs. Hudson Institute Propagandist on Medical Bankruptcies
Think Progress: Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
The Political Carnival: VIDEO- Franken smacks down propagandist on medical bankruptcies
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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care http://bit.ly/2AlBVw 20 days ago |
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http://tinyurl.com/yjg5339 #HealthCare hero, Al Franken -vs- AHIP shill, DianaFurchtgott-Roth on US med-bill bankrupticies. #HCR 23 days ago |
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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies! He's the MAN! http://bit.ly/M5Scr 24 days ago |
Early Morning Swim: Sen. Al Franken vs. Hudson Institute Propagandist on Medical Bankruptcies
Firedoglake —
This Hudson wingnut really didn’t do her team any favors.
When Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Hudson Institute attacked everything from the public option to the health bill that passed out of the Senate Finance Committee last week, Whitehouse remarked that she “veered ...
Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
Think Progress —
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start.” The hearing examined medical bankruptcies in America, and witnesses included CAP fellow Elizabeth Edwards and Kerry Burns, a Rhode Island mother who was forced into “financial ruin” by her late son’s medical bills.
One of the highlights of the hearing was when Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) questioned Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth about medical bankruptcies. Franken asked Furchtgott-Roth — who claimed that moving towards a European-style system of universal health care ...
VIDEO- Franken smacks down propagandist on medical bankruptcies
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff Al Franken has turned out to be a superb senator so far, as I knew he would be. He's scary smart, sharp as a tack, quick, knowledgeable, thorough, and few things get by him. Witness that here, via Firedoglake: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies This during a senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on bankruptcies driven by catastrophic medical expenses... H/t: Pigboy ...
I Heart Al
Suburban Guerrilla —
This person is quoting that same thoroughly discredited “study” from that annoying Canadian shrink who works for the wingnut Manhattan Institute, and Al slaps her down for it:
Al Franken Rules
The Mahablog —
Franken 1, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth zip. Transcript here.
"Yeah, That Number is Zero"
MyDD —
A word to the moronic, otherwise known as conservatives, if you're going to come to a Congressional hearing that is graced by the presence of Senator Al Franken, come armed with facts or don't bother opening your mouths. Yesterday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start," Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a Senior Fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, claimed that that moving towards a European-style system of universal health care would increase bankruptcies. Odd because the United States leads the world in medical bankruptcies. In ...
Hudson Institute’s Diana Furchtgott-Roth Gets Pwned By Sen. Al Franken
Oliver Willis —
Health care industry shills run into the buzzsaw.
More of this please, thanks. (via)
Coming to a Fight Completely Unarmed
Hoffmania! —
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute (ooo, that sounds important), went to the Hill to argue that health care reform will bankrupt even more Americans. She wasn't counting on Al Franken. Watch how he masterfully works his timing - and how her last gasp at trying to win the argument gets blown out of the room. MUST WATCH. ...
Medical bankruptcies in countries with universal healthcare: The number is zero
MNpublius.com —
The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on the topic “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?” MyDD has posted a fantastic clip of our very own Senator Al Franken in action at the hearing.
Franken took on Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a Senior Fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, over her claim that a universal healthcare system would somehow increase medical bankruptcies in the United States [conservative readers, feel free to chime in if you think that conclusion is in any way justified, because I can’t possibly imagine how anyone ...
More Like This Please
Delaware Liberal —
Will Al Franken become the Alan Grayson of the Senate? He’s already gotten 30 Republicans on record supporting KBR over rape victims. In this video he puts a health care reform opponent from the Hudson Institute on the grill: Franken: I want to ask you, how many bankruptcies because of medical crisis were there last year in Switzerland? Diana Furchgott-Roth: I don’t have that number for you but I could get back to you. Franken: I can tell you how many it was. It was zero. Do you know how many medical bankruptcies there were last year in France? Furchgott-Roth: I don’t have that number for you but I could get back to you, if you like. Franken: Yeah, it’s zero. Do ...
Encourage Progressive Leadership Open Thread
MyDD —
It's been almost a year since Election Day 2008, but some of our '08 champs could still use a little help. Just sayin'. As of September 30, 2009: DemocratCash on HandLingering DebtAmount in the RedWhere to Contribute Al ...
Franken Discusses The Healthcare/Bankruptcy Claims
The Great Plains Observer —
Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Hudson Institute recently published an article that sought to debunk a study claiming that the share of bankruptcies attributable to health care costs rose by 50% between 2001 and 2007. Minnesota Senator Al Franken discusses this claim with Furchtgott-Roth and throws out a few numbers of his own. > > > UPDATE: Apparently I am behind the times, Cory over at the Madville Times beat me to posting this... ...
Franken Discusses The Healthcare/Bankruptcy Claims
The Great Plains Observer —
Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Hudson Institute recently published an article that sought to debunk a study claiming that the share of bankruptcies attributable to health care costs rose by 50% between ...
Grayson/Franken 2016
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Or Franken/Grayson. Or screw it, how about 2012? If, as I'm reading elsewhere, Barack Obama is willing to sell out public competition for insurance companies on the altar of the worship of Olympia Snowe, then the hell with it. Let's run these guys in 2012 and get our country back already: ...
Fait Diver: It Depends On What You Pay
David E's Fablog —
by David E | (Visited 23 times) I doubt any Republican is familiar with Visconti — but they do know about rape. “Picking one’s battles has never been trickier, especially if you’re a member of the benighted Republican Party. So the question is this: Do you support rape? And, of course, no one (except a rapist) does, right? Yet, 30 Republican members of the U.S. Senate have been getting phone calls lately from people asking, “Why do you support rape?” These callers most likely are familiar with the fake Web site RepublicansForRape.org, which recounts the recent skirmish over Sen. Al Franken’s “anti-rape” amendment to the Senate defense appropriations bill. For ...
Al Franken schools healthcare liar
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Yeah!
Here’s What Happens When You Elect a Comedian to Congress
LewRockwell.com Blog —
Watch this video and then read my deconstruction of what Frankel says.
1) First of all, people go bankrupt in Europe also. Since most European countries (especially the ones with universal health care) have higher income tax rates than the United States, there is no way of knowing which of the cost of living expenses (which includes paying taxes) put those citizens who declare bankruptcy over the financial brink, since (in their minds) they get “free” health care—i.e., they don’t know how much of their tax dollars are going to the national health care system. [We cannot tell from ...
