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The Tyranny of Wall St.-Run Health Care: No CEO Left Behind

Michele Swenson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Bureaucrats, CEO Ron Williams, Wall St.-Run Health Care, Underinsured, Survival-of-the-Fittest Capitalism, Stock Options, Cigna, Corporate and Washington Entitlement, Congresspersons-Turned-Industry Lobbyists, CEO Karen Ignani, Medical Loss Ratios, Uninsured, Insurance Acquisitions and Mergers, Wellpoint, Shrinking Health Coverage Competition, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Government-Run Health Care, Socialism, Aetna, Ahip, Privileged vs. Undeserving Underclass, William McGuire, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The insurance industry has shifted to selling so-called "consumer-driven" plans with very high deductibles that shift a great deal of health care cost from employers and insurers to individuals.

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Blue Dogs Should Demand CBO Report of Single Payer Savings

Michele Swenson | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Lobbies, Comprehensive Health Care Coverage, Uninsured, Single Payer Cost Savings, Underinsured, Colorado Single Payer, Budget Deficit, Lewin Group Health Care Reform Evaluation, Blue Dog Democrats, Republican Deficit Hawks, Health Care Reform, Transparency, Politics News
Michele Swenson

An honest side-by-side analysis of the costs of all health care reform proposals, including the two single-payer bills, should be reviewed by Congress.

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A Second City Warning to Obama

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Second City, Uninsured, Underinsured, Chicago, Political Communication, Cost Control, Rationing, Health Care Reform, Political Satire, Obama Community Organizer, Morality, Obama, Universal Health Care, Republicans, Chicago News
Michael L. Millenson

The fact that Second City comics in the heart of Chicago are successfully playing to GOP-fueled fears of rationing should raise a bright red warning flag at the White House.

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