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Joe Wilson Voted To Provide Taxpayer Money For Illegal Immigrants' Healthcare

Open Congress | Donny Shaw | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare Prescription Drug, Bipartisan, President Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Wilson, Politics News

On Wednesday night, Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2], shouted "You lie!" at President Obama when he said that the healthcare bill would not cover illegal imm...

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Democrats Fire a Shot on Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Reform

Mark Miller | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare Prescription Drug, Senior Citizens, Medicare, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Mark Miller

Are seniors about to get a new deal on prescription drugs from Washington?

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Market Mythology in Health Care: Why Markets Can Never Control Health Care Costs

John Geyman | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Medicare Prescription Drug, Joseph Stiglitz, Markets Can Never Control Health Care Costs, Carillion Health System, Health, Tenet, Living News
John Geyman

If competitive markets are so effective in controlling health care costs, how is it that these costs continue to soar at rates three or four times the rates of cost of living or median family incomes?

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"Saving" Medicare by Killing It : Another Victory For Republicans, Industry and Their Lobbyists

John Geyman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Private Fee for Service (PFFS) Plans, Obama Healthcare, Medicare Plus Choice, Medicare Prescription Drug, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Privatize Medicare, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, Grover Norquist, Living News
John Geyman

Even after the House gave overwhelming bipartisan support to the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act by a vote of 355-59 (including 129 Republican votes), the Senate fell two votes short to overcome a presidential veto.

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