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Senator Roland Burris "Not Playing Games" On The Public Option

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Harry Reid, Roland Burris, Senate, Single Payer, Public Option, Chicago News

As the Senate gears up for floor debate on its health care reform bill, Illinois Senator Roland Burris says he's through making concessions.

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Health Care for All Americans

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Public Option, Single Payer, Health Care, Politics News

In my view, the real solution to the problem of how to reform health care in this country is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.

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"Therapy" for Obama and His Demoralization by the Insurance Industry

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Marcia Angell, Abraham Lincoln, Health Care Reform, Medicare for All, Obama, Single Payer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama is trapped in the same kind of thinking that initially demoralized his hero Abraham Lincoln, who ultimately rejected that kind of thinking, regained his morale, and fought against what was morally wrong.

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Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on Dropping State Single Payer Amendment

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kucinich Amendment, Anthony Weiner Health Care, House Progressive Caucus, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Progressive Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Health, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats Public Option, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Pelosi Public Option, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Healthcare, Politics News

Progressive leaders are calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision they promised was essential.

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The Next Phase of Health Care Apartheid

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer, Kucinich Amendment, Healthcare Apartheid, Public Option, Healthcare, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

When it comes to guaranteeing quality health care for all, the gist of the policy is: "Let's not, and say we did." In Washington, "health care reform" has degenerated into a sick joke.

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Fans of House Health Option Cite Rights, Hopes, But Risk Big Defeat

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Harry Reid, Politics News

Despite favorable national poll numbers, the public option faces a potentially fatal counter-attack during the weeks ahead because of lack of follow-up by its proponents.

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The Medicare-for-All Moment

Robert Weissman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Insurance Companies, Single Payer, Health Care, Dennis Kucinich, Politics News

In a Medicare-for-All system, health care is available as a matter of right. No one is denied treatment because they can't pay. No one is mandated to buy coverage.

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Calling Out the House Progressive Caucus: Are You Men and Women, or Are You Mice?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.

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So What if a Public Option Leads to Single-Payer?

Sahil Kapur | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Companies, Gop, Public Option, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Democrats, Health Care, Public Option Single Payer, Politics News

The conservative indictment against a public option is deeply ironic, and when closely examined, consists of two entirely contradictory cases about the nature of government.

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Health Care: I Hate Everyone, Part 2 in a Series, Democrats

Nato Green | Posted 10.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Public Option, Humor, Satire, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Harry Reid, Single Payer, Democrats, Health Care, Comedy, Blue Dog Democrats, Comedy News

We may still get health care reform that's bad policy and bad politics. The Democratic Party gave me Stockholm Syndrome, which my insurance doesn't cover.

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Who's Killing the Public Option? President Obama With a Rahm-Bow

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Those fighting for a "robust" public option need to finally accept the hard truth that Barack Obama is not an ally. He's an obstacle.

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BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Urges Its Enrollees to Oppose Health Care Reform

Yuna Shin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, BlueCross BlueShield Association, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Kay Hagan, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, President Obama, Health Care Public Option, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

As the Senate prepares to vote on health care reform, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina sent its enrollees a mass mailing on Wednesday asking them to oppose health care reform.

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Health Care Reform

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Care, Bernie Sanders, Senate, Medicare, Single Payer, Politics News

I am going to continue the fight for single-payer. I am cautiously optimistic that we may end up with legislation that will allow states to go forward with single-payer if they want to.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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The Public Option Is Not Where You Draw the Line

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Subsidies, Cbo, Single Payer, Public Option, Health Care Costs, Politics News

Many are rallying around the public option like it's a singular opportunity to save the world. It's not; it's not even close.

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Breakfast with the Scars

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Circular Firing Squad, Joe the Nerd, Helathcare Reform, Talking Head, Local Politics, Tv-Talking Heads, Democratic Party, Public Option, Holden, Berks County, Single Payer, Sestak, County Politics, Politics as a Game, Healthcare, Politics News

On the national level the blood sport game of politics is played on a grand scale. Locally, the rough and tumble can leave real scars.

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Will An Oct. 27 Hill Hearing Make History For Your Health Rights?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Conyers, Single Payer, Public Option, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Walter Fauntroy, Health Care, Politics News

To energize public support for robust health care reform, a civil rights icon and two House leaders are planning a hearing and rally to duplicate the reform achievements of the 1960s.

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CBO Health Care Estimates: Washington Post Profiles Agency That Estimates Health Care Bills' Costs

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Insurance Companies, Phil Ellis, CBO Numbers, Public Option, House, Cbo, Reform, CBO Estimates, CBO Costs, Negotiations, Health Insurance Companies, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Senate, Home News

Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis ...

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United Health Group Protest: 14 Arrested During Sit-In Protest Against Insurance Giant (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Protests, Mobilization for Health Care for All, Single Payer, Insurance, United Health Group, Health Care, United Health Insurance, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City police say 14 demonstrators were arrested on criminal trespass charges during a sit-in inside a midtown Manhattan build...

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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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Inviting You to See Capitalism Today at a Theater Near You!

Michael Moore | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teabaggers, Unemployment, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Financial Crisis, Universal Health Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Foreclosure, Single Payer, Capitalism, Tea Party, Movies, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

I've had enough. As far as I'm concerned, Tea Bag Nation ends today -- at noon to be precise. The days of the majority of Americans being ignored and played for chumps are over.

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Single-Payer Protest Interrupts Senate Health Care Bill Markup

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Senate Finance Committee, Single Payer, Single Payer Health Care Protest, Max Baucus, Single Payer Health Care, Single Payer Protest, Politics News

Debate over the Senate Finance Committee health care bill was briefly interrupted on Tuesday by a protest in support of the one thing absolutely not u...

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Doctors Mad As Hell Over Health Care In Chicago

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Single Payer, Health Care Reform, Mad as Hell Doctors' Cross Country Tour, Chicago, Health Care, Bearing Witness 2.0, Chicago News

The Mad As Hell Doctors are a group of physicians who are spending September driving from Portland to Washington, D.C., seeking a meeting with President Obama.

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David Scheiner, Obama's Former Doctor: Insurance Companies "Screwing Up" Health Care

Sep. 24, 2009 | Parija B. Kavilanz | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Doctors, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Reform, Business News

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama's former personal physician of 22 years, Dr. David Scheiner, has been very vocal on the issue of health ins...

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President Obama: Get Angry About Health Care Reform

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Bill, President Obama, Health Reform, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Care, Public Option, Integrative Medicine, Health Action, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Andrew Weil, Baucus Bill, Living News

Is the Baucus plan, the one that manages the improbable feat of making the developed world's most expensive, least effective health care system even worse, indeed the only one with a prayer of passage?

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