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La. can’t afford health-care bill

Friday, January 22, 2010

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The United States Senate seems headed for a vote on a nearly $1 trillion health-care overhaul. We all recognize the need to change the current system of delivering and financing health care — in order to ensure quality and to make coverage more affordable. The problem is that there is no evidence that the current proposals in [...]

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King will continue to fight health-care bill

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Democrats are working to create a “dependency class” in America in an effort to expand their political base and stay in power. “That’s part of the motive,” King said when discussing federal health-care reform efforts with reporters after a Tuesday taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.” King, who represents Iowa’s [...]

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Democratic Governors Voice Concern Over Health Care Bill

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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Republican governors are not alone in being concerned about what the proposed health care legislation might mean for their already overstrained budgets: Democrats share the same worries.         “We’ve got concerns,” Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware said in an interview Wednesday, hours before getting elected as the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. “And we’re doing [...]

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Alexander, Corker criticize passage of Senate health care bill

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander released a statement this morning saying the Senate-approved health care bill is riddled with “sweetheart deals” that will increase taxes and damage education. Fellow Republican, Sen. Bob Corker, said the bill is “fundamentally flawed” and called for bipartisanship. The bill, approved on a 60-39 vote, must still be merged with legislation passed by [...]

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Even a ’scaled-down’ health bill is dangerous

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Last week, Democratic leaders in the Senate caved to Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s demands and stripped away some major provisions from their health reform legislation, including the public option and a plan that would have allowed middle-age Americans to “buy in” to Medicare. With Connecticut independent Lieberman’s support seemingly secured — for the time being — [...]

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