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	<title>Comments on: The Republicans and Health Care: They Snooze, You Lose</title>
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		<title>By: stritz44</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983322</link>
		<dc:creator>stritz44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;They voted for the dems because they ran as conservative Dems don’t kid yourself..Do you really think they would have been elected if they said they would sign off on that crazy ass cap and trade, stimulas or the takeover of auto companies? Tell me this…how do you improve health care for millions of people when the majority of docs don’t take medicade?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They voted for the dems because they ran as conservative Dems don’t kid yourself..Do you really think they would have been elected if they said they would sign off on that crazy ass cap and trade, stimulas or the takeover of auto companies? Tell me this…how do you improve health care for millions of people when the majority of docs don’t take medicade?</p>
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		<title>By: bonkers</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983321</link>
		<dc:creator>bonkers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;That’s because so many Repub “ideas” have already been incorporated.  For several election cycles now, the American majority has voted for more DemocratIC candidates, so shouldn’t those politicians be reflecting the will of the majority?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The only reason the Dems might start losing some seats is because they’re not being Liberal enough, and kowtowing to the losing side too much.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That’s because so many Repub “ideas” have already been incorporated.  For several election cycles now, the American majority has voted for more DemocratIC candidates, so shouldn’t those politicians be reflecting the will of the majority?</p>
<p>The only reason the Dems might start losing some seats is because they’re not being Liberal enough, and kowtowing to the losing side too much.</p>
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		<title>By: stritz44</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983283</link>
		<dc:creator>stritz44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;After watching that goat screw on C-SPAN, you would catch some zzzzz’s also after more or less every amendment proposed by repubs were voted down..&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After watching that goat screw on C-SPAN, you would catch some zzzzz’s also after more or less every amendment proposed by repubs were voted down..</p>
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		<title>By: NAVDOC3rdMAR</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983273</link>
		<dc:creator>NAVDOC3rdMAR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The Congress is back in session and doing the dirty work for the Medical Industrial Complex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mcconnell $3.3M, hatch $2.9M, baucus $2.8M, grassley $2.7M,&lt;br /&gt;lieberman $2.6M, burr $2.4M, ensign $2.4M, cornyn $2.2M, kyl $2.1M,&lt;br /&gt;conrad $2.1M, cantor $1.8M, boehner $1.7M, coburn $1.2M, j wilson 800K  &lt;br /&gt;were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform.&lt;br /&gt;(Source: OpenSecrets.org)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-Author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of a Recent Harvard Study on Annual Deaths of America’s Uninsured, says the lack of coverage can be tied to about 45,000 deaths a year in the United States. The only way to affordably cover all Americans is through a Medicare-for-All, Single-Payer System. A Single-Payer System would generate $300-$400 billion in administrative savings annually, enough to cover all of the uninsured, and to plug the gaps in coverage for Americans with only partial coverage. Obviously, Medicare-for-all is anathema to the insurance industry. What politicians are doing is saving insurance industry profits, by sacrificing American lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 Million Americans were denied health care coverage by the Medical Industrial Complex because they had a pre-existing medical condition. 12K Americans are denied insurance coverage everyday by a for-profit Insurance bureaucrat. (Source: WaPo Article 05′ by Harvard Prof. E. Warren) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medical malpractice lawsuits are a hot topic but, are they? Tort Reform is such a “Red Herring” and is easily disproved.  A 2004 report by the Congressional Budget Office said medical malpractice makes up only 2 percent of U.S. health spending. Even “significant reductions” would do little to curb health-care expenses, it concluded. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bush(43) economic speech writer david frum, at least, is willing to admit the idea about selling insurance across state lines is a crock: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Jersey health policies cost more in large part because New Jersey hospitals and doctors charge more. If I buy a cheaper Kentucky policy that reimburses my providers at Kentucky rates, leaving me to pay the balance, how much good does that do me? And if the Kentucky policy is made to pay New Jersey rates, there vanishes my low Kentucky price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some of the easily refuted arguments bought and paid for by the Medical Industrial Complex to derail any chance of their criminally massive profits being reduced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow the Money: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hmc-lavadogs.livejournal.com/20128.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Toll Free # House and Senate)&lt;br /&gt;1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044&lt;br /&gt;1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign Single-Payer Petition: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.singlepayeraction.org/join.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEMPER FI!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Congress is back in session and doing the dirty work for the Medical Industrial Complex.</p>
<p>mcconnell $3.3M, hatch $2.9M, baucus $2.8M, grassley $2.7M,<br />lieberman $2.6M, burr $2.4M, ensign $2.4M, cornyn $2.2M, kyl $2.1M,<br />conrad $2.1M, cantor $1.8M, boehner $1.7M, coburn $1.2M, j wilson 800K  <br />were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform.<br />(Source: OpenSecrets.org)</p>
<p>Co-Author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of a Recent Harvard Study on Annual Deaths of America’s Uninsured, says the lack of coverage can be tied to about 45,000 deaths a year in the United States. The only way to affordably cover all Americans is through a Medicare-for-All, Single-Payer System. A Single-Payer System would generate $300-$400 billion in administrative savings annually, enough to cover all of the uninsured, and to plug the gaps in coverage for Americans with only partial coverage. Obviously, Medicare-for-all is anathema to the insurance industry. What politicians are doing is saving insurance industry profits, by sacrificing American lives.</p>
<p>12 Million Americans were denied health care coverage by the Medical Industrial Complex because they had a pre-existing medical condition. 12K Americans are denied insurance coverage everyday by a for-profit Insurance bureaucrat. (Source: WaPo Article 05′ by Harvard Prof. E. Warren) </p>
<p>Medical malpractice lawsuits are a hot topic but, are they? Tort Reform is such a “Red Herring” and is easily disproved.  A 2004 report by the Congressional Budget Office said medical malpractice makes up only 2 percent of U.S. health spending. Even “significant reductions” would do little to curb health-care expenses, it concluded. </p>
<p>bush(43) economic speech writer david frum, at least, is willing to admit the idea about selling insurance across state lines is a crock: </p>
<p>New Jersey health policies cost more in large part because New Jersey hospitals and doctors charge more. If I buy a cheaper Kentucky policy that reimburses my providers at Kentucky rates, leaving me to pay the balance, how much good does that do me? And if the Kentucky policy is made to pay New Jersey rates, there vanishes my low Kentucky price.</p>
<p>These are some of the easily refuted arguments bought and paid for by the Medical Industrial Complex to derail any chance of their criminally massive profits being reduced.</p>
<p>Follow the Money: <a href="http://hmc-lavadogs.livejournal.com/20128.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p>
<p>Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!</p>
<p>(Toll Free # House and Senate)<br />1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044<br />1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405</p>
<p>Sign Single-Payer Petition: <a href="http://www.singlepayeraction.org/join.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p>
<p>Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.</p>
<p>SEMPER FI!</p>
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		<title>By: Robt</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983254</link>
		<dc:creator>Robt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;There are times I day dream of just a limited amount of power that I might freeze all of Congress’s own health care benefits until they get their job on health care done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then instead of napping or delaying, stalling or obstructing.  Republicans and some of the Bule Doggies would be a tad more ambitious to complete their work to regain their health care.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Alas, it is only a daydream…………&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are times I day dream of just a limited amount of power that I might freeze all of Congress’s own health care benefits until they get their job on health care done.</p>
<p>Then instead of napping or delaying, stalling or obstructing.  Republicans and some of the Bule Doggies would be a tad more ambitious to complete their work to regain their health care.</p>
<p>Alas, it is only a daydream…………</p>
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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983135</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The real curveball would be if he decides to get revenge against his party by voting FOR reform. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? LOL&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The real curveball would be if he decides to get revenge against his party by voting FOR reform. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? LOL</p>
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		<title>By: bonkers</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983001</link>
		<dc:creator>bonkers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Remember the Chair of the Arkansas DemocratIC Party getting shot dead as he worked at his desk last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why those such as all of Pox Newz, Lush Limpbaugh, etc. who happily stoke these killings are not held to account by advertisers, audience, and the government is a travesty.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember the Chair of the Arkansas DemocratIC Party getting shot dead as he worked at his desk last year.</p>
<p>Why those such as all of Pox Newz, Lush Limpbaugh, etc. who happily stoke these killings are not held to account by advertisers, audience, and the government is a travesty.</p>
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		<title>By: sadlyyes</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1983000</link>
		<dc:creator>sadlyyes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;status………for now……. quo&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>status………for now……. quo</p>
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		<title>By: Bluetoe2</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/the-republicans-and-health-care-they-snooze-you-lose/#comment-1982999</link>
		<dc:creator>Bluetoe2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Republicans and conservatives have plenty of deranged minions to do their “dirty” work.  After all they’ve been indoctrinated well.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republicans and conservatives have plenty of deranged minions to do their “dirty” work.  After all they’ve been indoctrinated well.</p>
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		<title>By: Twain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Twain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;It was in Kentucky - maybe Bunning did it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was in Kentucky &#8211; maybe Bunning did it.</p>
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