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No Health Care Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill

John Geyman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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John Geyman

Pelosi's health care bill (HR 3962) will not fundamentally reform U.S. health care. This bill is not good enough to pass. We need Medicare for All.

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A Death Every 12 Minutes: The Price of Not Having Medicare for All

John Geyman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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John Geyman

In 2002, that more than 18,000 Americans between the ages of 19 and 64 were dying each year as a result of being uninsured. The new number is two and a half times that figure.

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Republicans Defending Medicare: Duplicity Beyond Belief

John Geyman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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John Geyman

Republicans have fought against Medicare from the very beginning. But in their strategy to kill health care reform, they are all of a sudden sounding like defenders of Medicare against the evils of big government.

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The Corporate "Alliance" For Health Care Reform: V - Organized Medicine

John Geyman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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John Geyman

Organized medicine has become so fragmented that no one group speaks for the profession. In fact, some groups have endorsed major health care reform.

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