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How to Save Health Care Reform: Teabagger-friendly Re-Branding

Katie Halper | Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Baby Maddie, Health Care Reform, Teabagging, Teabaggers, Obamacare, Public Option, Health Care, Comedy News

Poor branding, such as the term Public Option, didn't help the cause. But it's not too late to win the support of Republican enemies and the Teabaggers who control them.

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Betsy Markey Shuns Party, Votes No On Health Care Bill

The Fort Collins Coloradoan | Robert Moore | Posted 11.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, House Health Care Bill, Betsy Markey, Obamacare, Betsy Markey Health Care, Denver News

Rep. Betsy Markey voted against a health-care reform bill backed by President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership Saturday night, citing ...

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No Health Care Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill

John Geyman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Bill for Health Care Reform, Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, H. R. 3200, America’s Health Care Plans, Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S., United States National Health Insurance Act, Medical Loss Ratios, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, HR 3962, Single-Payer Bill, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Health Care Reform, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Medicaid, Fah, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Health Care, Politics News

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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John Salazar Distances Himself From Public Option After Appearing On Howard Dean's Website

gjsentinel.com | GARY HARMON/the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Public Option, Howard Dean, Health Care Reform, John Salazar, Obamacare, Denver News

A Web site operated by former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean claims U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., as a supporter of the public ...

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Doug Lamborn Town Hall In Springs Turns Heated

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Dean Toda | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Town Hall Meeting, Health Care Town Hall, Doug Lamborn Heckled, Health Care Reform, Hecklers, Colorado Springs, Doug Lamborn, Obamacare, Denver News

Civility took a beating Monday when Rep. Doug Lamborn held another town hall meeting on the nation's hottest political topic: health care. A vocal mi...

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Fate of Healthcare Reform Is in Joe Lieberman's Hands

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Snowe, Public Option, Obamacare, Firedoglake, Olympia Snowe, Public Plan, Fire Dog Lake, Joe Lieberman, Reform, Obama, Healthcare Reform, Health Reform, Healthcare, Jane Hamsher, Lieberman, Bellows, Politics News

Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).

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Will We Ever Hear the Message Instead of 'Shooting the Messenger?'

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

We owe it to ourselves to consider Congressman Roe's Healthcare Reform Bill memo, as our important concern, without reference to our biases, should be the message itself, not the messenger.

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Some Problems With the Partial Public Option

Howard Schweber | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obamacare, Baucus, Public Option, Health Insurance, Obama, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Right now, the partial-public-option-for-those-in-need model that Obama touted in his speech looks like it puts either middle and lower-middle-class people or small business owners in a vise. The only sure winners are still insurers.

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Terry Schiavo's Brother At CU: Obama Promotes Culture Of Death

Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 09.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama, Obamacare, Culture-of-Death, Cu, Terry Schiavo, Ezekiel Emanuel, Denver News

BOULDER -- A powerful precursor to the national shouting match over "death panel" health-reform this summer was the Terri Schiavo case, where a woman ...

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ObamaCare vs. HitlerCare

Michael McKean | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Adolf Hitler, Obamacare, Health Care, Barack Obama, Hitlercare, Comedy News

Err... What exactly was Hitler's health care reform program again?

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

John Geyman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, H. R. 3200, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S., United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Single-Payer Bill, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Ncpa, Medicaid, Fah, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Politics News

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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Bill Moyers: Tea Party Organizer Is Epitome Of Privilege (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington d.c. Tea Party, Government Run Health Care, Government Option, Dick Armey, Bill Moyers Journal, Health Care Debate, Obamacare, Freedomworks, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Tea Parties d.c., Tea Parties, Health Care, Bill Moyers, Politics News

This exclusive clip is from the latest episode of "Bill Moyers Journal," which airs tonight. In the episode, Moyers goes after FreedomWorks Chairman ...

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The Battle Hymn Of The Insurance Companies

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teabaggers, Billionaires, Insurance Companies, Obamacare, Rachel Maddow, Healthcare, Politics News

The Billionaires for Wealthcare and our new song, "Battle Hymn Of The Insurance Companies" opened last night's Rachel Maddow show.

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Reading The Pictures: Teabaggers' Subliminal Death Message

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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The wingnuts don't consistently merge health care reform with Obama's name just because it's catchy.

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White Supremacists Need Health Care, Too

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Racism, White Supremacists, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform, President Obama, Health, Sarah Lovinger, Living News

If a white guy who harbored a lot of racist sentiments came to my clinic with chest pain, I'd evaluate him and give him urgent care, without asking his political beliefs. So why are white racists so opposed to health care reform?

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Republicans Defending Medicare: Duplicity Beyond Belief

John Geyman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, H. R. 3200, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Single-Payer Bill, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Ncpa, Fah, Medicaid, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Politics News

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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Health Care Poll: Opposition to Obama's Plan Is High, But Easing

Washington Post | Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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President Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country's health-care system, wit...

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A Sign of the Times

Paul Begala | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Medicare, Bob Novak, Tea Party, Obamacare, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

The inmates have taken over the asylum. The ever-sunny Reagan is dead. The congenial Buckley is dead as well. In their place is the party of Joe the Shouter and Joe the Plumber and Sarah the Death Panel Screecher.

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Dare Devils: Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Death Panel

Rachel Farris | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Cameron Todd Willingham, Obamacare, Death Penalty Debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Death Penalty, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Innocence Project, Rick Perry, Sharon Keller, Politics News

Since when do conservatives care about anyone dying? The most disturbing example is Cameron Todd Willingham, was sentenced to death after refusing a plea-bargain for life in prison in Texas.

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#912DC Tag Fires Up Twitter, Protesters

Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Fox News, Socialism, 912 Project, Obamacare, Health Reform, Health Care, Glenn Beck, Impact News

Conservative protesters are marching on Washington D.C. today against President Obama's policies, most notably his proposed reform of America's health...

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Personal Responsibility: In Education? Yes! In Health Care? No!

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Hr 3200, Morals, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Ethics, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

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Left, Right & Center: ObamaCare, No to Afghanistan, and 9/11 Eight Years On

Huff Radio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Obama Speech, Obamacare, Afghanistan, Health Care, 9/11 Anniversary, Politics News

A truly substantive discussion of Swiss and Massachusetts models for health care. And on the eighth anniversary of 9/11, is the country any safer?

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This Health Care Plan Must Die!

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Health Insurance, Billionaires, Obamacare, Health Care, Fake Songs, Songs, Parody Lyrics, Comedy News

Rejoice and let us glory in the profits that we gain / By rationing the remedies for suffering and pain. / We will not let you regulate our budgetary drain. / This health care plan must die!

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The Most Nightmarish Health Care Reform Bill Ever

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Obamacare, Public Option, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Politics News

Max Baucus tasked a former executive of a company that was penalized for rescinding the insurance policies of sick people with writing the most powerful health care reform proposal to be crapped out of the Senate.

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