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    Let's compare Public and Private health care costs, eh?

    MAY 15, 2009 8:52AM

    By Kanuk


    Topics: health care, costs, private insurance, universal, single-payer, canada

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3391 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Praising Canadian Health Care—Thanks, Sarah!

    MARCH 8, 2010 2:00PM

    By Kanuk


    Topics: hypocrisy, universal, single-payer, canadian, health care, sarah palin

    • 11 Ratings
    • 2853 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Medicare is not a single-payer system, get it?

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 8:34AM

    By Kanuk


    Topics: us health care, myth, single-payor, single-payer, canadian health care, health care reform, health care, medicare

    • 5 Ratings
    • 2642 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The case against the U.S. health care system

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 9:13PM

    By Kanuk


    Topics: health care, spreading the risk, insurance, universal, single-payer, united states, deaths, cancer, moral thing to do, societal cost, third party payment

    • 14 Ratings
    • 2593 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Healthcare Hucksters

    JUNE 3, 2009 4:27PM

    By Tom Cordle


    Topics: scumbags, medicare fraud, hca, bill frist, rick scott, obama, bush ii, clinton, reagan, ehrlichman, nixon, universal coverage, single-payer, healthcare, health, science, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 2113 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    A tale of two ERs

    DECEMBER 11, 2011 12:04PM

    By Laura Deurmyer


    Topics: single-payer, insurance, hospital, health

    • 1 Ratings
    • 865 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Future of Public Option Depends on Support for Single Payer

    MARCH 24, 2010 10:59AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: health reform, medicare buy in, grayson, kucinich, sanders, biden, legislation, history, landmark, senate, public option, single-payer, change, hope, barack obama, obama, progressives, liberals, democrats, healthcare, health care

    • 5 Ratings
    • 782 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Medicare Part D Cont'd: Obama Re-Ups Giveaway to Big Pharma

    AUGUST 12, 2009 1:01PM

    By Mick Arran


    Topics: single-payer, drug benefit, medicare part d, democrats, healthcare. president obama, drug companies

    • 2 Ratings
    • 780 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Universal Health Care NOW!

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 12:50AM

    By dragonlady


    Topics: universal health care, france gets it right, single-payer, common sense

    • 22 Ratings
    • 716 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Healthcare Shmealthcare, As Long As You Got Your…Oh. Right.

    JULY 31, 2009 1:38PM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: thomas frank, obama, single-payer, blue dogs, healthcare, humor, comedy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 712 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Anthem Blue Cross Demonstrates Flaw of For-Profit Healthcare

    FEBRUARY 13, 2010 9:48PM

    By Charles in OH


    Topics: rainy day, for profit, premiums, death panels, sick, uninsured, taxpayers, corprations, socialized, single-payer, free-market, blue cross, anthem, insurance, healthcare

    • 3 Ratings
    • 639 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Rejecting the Dominant Narrative for Health Reform

    NOVEMBER 23, 2009 1:57PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: health reform, health care, healthcare, democrats, liberals, progressives, obama, barack obama, hope, change, single-payer, public option, senate, lieberman, landrieu, blanche lincoln, republicans, gop, insurance, health insurance, government, obamacare, reid, harry reid, chris dodd, dodd, individual mandate, corporations, privatization, public

    • 2 Ratings
    • 636 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The health care bogeyman is coming ... for you!

    JULY 12, 2009 10:17PM

    By Mark Wilson


    Topics: el paso, mcallen, atul gawande, paul krugman, real time with bill maher, paul begala, bankruptcy, aetna, unitedhealthcare, alta bates, blue shield, kaiser permanente, ppo, hmo, universal health care, single-payer, frank luntz, health care reform, health are, health insurance, cigna, wendell potter, bill moyers

    • 3 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    An Ode to Alan Grayson

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 10:01PM

    By Jake Williams


    Topics: alan grayson, health care, reform, gop, republicans, single-payer, universal health insurance

    • 2 Ratings
    • 595 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    What Krugman's Readers Know

    JUNE 22, 2009 1:44PM

    By natesmith124


    Topics: public option, single-payer, health care, paul krugman

    • 0 Ratings
    • 574 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Private Not-for-profit Insurance Option? (discussion)

    JUNE 11, 2009 1:54PM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: politics, single-payer, reform, public option, private insurance, policy, non-profit, insurance, healthcare

    • 2 Ratings
    • 550 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Economic Case for Single-Payer Health Reform

    OCTOBER 7, 2009 8:28PM

    By Todd Eberly


    Topics: single-payer, health reform

    • 17 Ratings
    • 517 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Message of Importance on Health Care

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 4:03PM

    By CoyoteOldStyle


    Topics: news, feminism, politics, family, single-payer, open call, leigh bailey, universal health care

    • 3 Ratings
    • 463 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    HEALTH CARE CAN KILL YOU

    JUNE 22, 2009 10:36AM

    By Ron Legro


    Topics: politics, public, single-payer, obama, democrats, republicans, reform, health care

    • 3 Ratings
    • 458 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Senate Finance Committee - with Baucus leading the way - vot

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 11:19PM

    By Bill in WV


    Topics: open call, health, finance committee, senate, single-payer, health care

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