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Posts tagged "health reform"

The Uninsured ARE NOT Overcrowding Emergency Rooms According To Study, Medicaid Recipients Are

Reuters reports on a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics that uninsured people make as many ER visits insured people. This is contrary to popular belief that the uninsured were swallowing up the majority of ER resources. The study found that “Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely to have had at least one ED... Read more »
By thelowedown,
May 19, 2010 at 10:43 pm
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Bart Stupak, Anti-Abortion Congressman that held up Health Care Bill to Retire

Word has come down that Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democratic congressman who battled his own party on anti-abortion language in historic health insurance reform legislation, is set to announce his retirement. Stupak and a small group of between 6 to 12 Democrats threatened to derail a cog of President Obama’s agenda because they thought the... Read more »
By thelowedown,
April 9, 2010 at 11:43 am
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Healthcare Drama on the House Floor; Republicans and Democrats Have HCR Wrong

Abortion, socialism, this, that, and the other.  That is all of the bull I’ve heard since Friday. As I am typing this, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is saying America is at a “crossroads.” He says the “trillion dollar” healthcare bill has caused “fear” among Americans.  Well, it certainly has and Mr. Cantor has had a... Read more »
By thelowedown,
March 21, 2010 at 9:28 pm
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Obama Urges Congress to Finish the Job on Health Care, But Does Congress Owe Us One?

Today, President Obama urged Congress to finish the job on health care.  He said in a speech at the White House, “I believe the United States Congress owes the American people a final vote on health care reform.”  I also believe that Congress owes us, the American people, a vote of finality on health care. ... Read more »
By thelowedown,
March 3, 2010 at 4:35 pm
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