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Jason Linkins

Canadians Defend Their Health Care System In Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Universal Health Care, Video, Government Health Care, Canadians, Health Care Reform, Socialized Medicine, Canada, National Health Service, Nhs, Video Canadian Health Care, Media News

One of the unfortunate side-effects of the often confused health care reform discourse is the way so many perfectly nice health care systems that oper...

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Sam Stein

GOPers Decrying "Socialized Medicine" Go To Govt. Hospital For Surgeries

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Obama Government Care, Government Health Care, Health Care Reform, Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Medical Care, Government Run Hospitals, John McCain, Politics News

Republicans in Congress have raised the specter of a bloated, "socialized," bureaucrat-run nightmare of a health care system as a means of undermining...

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You Thought That Was Bad? 22 More Reasons to Fear Health-Care Reform

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: House of Representatives, Public Option, Charles Grassley, Death Panels, Freedom Works, Government Health Care, Democrats, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Obama Administration, Health Care Reform, Chuck Grassley, Republicans, Seniors and Health Care, 60 Plus, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Senate, Health Care Opponents, Health Care Myths, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

On page 311 of the health care reform bill: Forced "sterilization" of all surgical tools. One more step toward forced sterilization of everyone.

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Fearing Government Involvement in Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elderly, Fear, Senior Citizens, Veterans Benefits, Death Panels, Scare Tactics, Government Health Care, Veterans Hospitals, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama Health Care, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Before we collectively start quaking in fear of a government takeover of health care it might make sense to slow down and consider that a fair amount of our health care system already has strong government involvement.

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British Defend Their Healthcare System

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Nhs, Government Health Care, Daniel Hannan, National Health Service, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Fox, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Where other British citizens saw gross lies, exaggerations, and frustrating half-truths, Graham Linehan saw a "golden opportunity to kickstart a campaign to redress the balance a little bit."

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Health Care Debate: Beware of Foreign Objects

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, House of Representatives and Health Care, Senate and Health Care, Congress and Health Care, Obama Adminstration, Health Care and Town Hall Meetings, Obama and Nazis, Government Health Care, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Obama and Hitler, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

If the Angrys could just settle on one country to hold up as their agreed-upon despicable example, we could finally have a coherent conversation about things

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Health Care, Why Call it a 'Right'?

John David Lewis | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right to Healthcare, Health, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Socialized Medicine, John David Lewis, Government Health Care, Medicare, Health Care Right, Health Action, Politics News
John David Lewis

To reform our health care industry we should challenge the premises that invited government intervention in the first place. The moral premise is that medical care is a right. It is not.

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Sam Stein

13 Republicans Voted To Allow Single-Payer Systems In States

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Single Payer, Republicans Health Care, Government Health Care, Single Payer System, Republicans Single Payer, Republicans, Education and Labor, Politics News

In a largely unnoticed vote late last week, 13 small government-conservatives backed legislation that could facilitate the emergence of major governme...

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Jeff Muskus

Max Baucus Regrets Killing Single-Payer, Sanders Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Senate Finance Committee, Government Health Care, Health, Single-Payer, Max Baucus, Bernie Sanders, Health Care, Politics News

Sen. Max Baucus met with advocates for single-payer health care in a closed meeting on Wednesday and expressed regret that he had not included them in...

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Like Wall Street, Current Health Care Policy Privatizes Profit And Socializes Risk

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Economic Crisis, Government Health Care, Medical Bankdruptcy, Taxpayer-Subsidized Medical Costs, Unpaid Medical Bills, Privatized Medicare, National Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Socialized Risk, Rising Out-of-Pocket Health Costs, Socialized Medicine, For-Profit Insurance, Health, Single Payer Health Insurance, Privatized Profit, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Health Care, American Hospital Association, Unitedhealth, William McGuire, John McCain, Minimum Benefit Plans, America's Health Insurance Providers, American Medical Association, Home News
Michele Swenson

The excesses of the health insurance industry resemble those of Wall Street and the subprime housing market, typified by privatized profits for insurers and socialized risk for taxpayers and consumers.

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