<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br><br><div id="yiv1441613005"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks for the additional info, Claudia -- it's reassuring to know this.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> --Jenifer<br><br>--- On </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thu, 3/25/10, Claudia Lennhoff </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><claudia@shout.net></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> wrote:<br></span><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: small;"><br>From: Claudia Lennhoff <claudia@shout.net><br>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [CentralILJwJ] Fw: Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill<br>To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13@yahoo.com><br>Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:47 AM<br><br></span><div class="plainMail"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hi Jenifer,<br><br>You are correct that co-pays for preventive care will be abolished. Any <br>new health plans cannot charge co-pays or co-insurance.<br><br>For Medicare, they are adding an annual check up that will be covered <br>(right now, Medicare only covers a check up when you
first get signed <br>up, and then every other year). Also, there will be no out of pocket <br>expenses for preventive care -- so, my client who can't afford her $100 <br>copay for her colonoscopy, which she is supposed to get because of past <br>health issues, will be able to get the colonoscopy.<br><br>Thanks, as always, for being a voice of reason and compassion.<br><br>Take care.<br>Claudia<br><br><br>On 3/25/10 10:02 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:<br>> THANKS for taking the time to write this, Claudia.<br>><br>> Friends, I'm more disgusted w/ the naysayers on the left than those on<br>> the right. The former care about their fellow humans and should know<br>> that a half a loaf is a start; the latter begrudge the poor the merest<br>> crumb...<br>> However, many of us progressives were holding out for the public option<br>> in the hopes that Congress would cave and add it to the present bill,<br>> making it better prior to
passage... but a friend pointed out that that<br>> adding it now (when the bill is already on shaky ground) would cause<br>> more to vote against it, causing the bill to fail, which is NOT what we<br>> really want. So yes, the thing to do is pass this bill, warts and all,<br>> and work hard to make it better.<br>><br>> I do want to say is that $437/month is a lot of money, more than many<br>> can afford, not to mention the co-pays and other out-of-pocket medical<br>> expenses not covered by ins on top of that... which makes it 'way more<br>> than many can manage (my sister is an invalid w/ serious health problems<br>> and "affordable" insurance PLUS astronomical medical bills, so I know<br>> what I'm talking about!)... but fortunately, as I understand it, the new<br>> Healthcare Reform Bill addresses this as well, so that sick people w/<br>> ins and houses have a shot at keeping their homes (right, it's not
where<br>> it should be... yet). And of course, many "seniors" are not eligible for<br>> Medicare part B.... Again, on a positive note, I think I read somewhere<br>> that the Healthcare Reform Bill provides FREE preventive care -- regular<br>> check ups, shots, etc -- to children and some adults (sorry, I can't<br>> remember the specifics on this).<br>> --Jenifer<br>><br>> --- On *Wed, 3/24/10, Claudia Lennhoff /<</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">claudia@shout.net</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>/* wrote:<br>><br>><br>> From: Claudia Lennhoff <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">claudia@shout.net</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [CentralILJwJ] Fw: Fact Sheet:
The<br>> Truth About the Health Care Bill<br>> To: "unionyes" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">unionyes@ameritech.net</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> Cc: "JWJ C-U" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">centralILJwJ@yahoogroups.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Dave Powers"<br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pengdust@aol.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Neil Parthun" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">lennybrucefan@gmail.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>,<br>>
"sf-core" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sf-core@yahoogroups.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "william gorrell"<br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">laborhour@yahoo.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Jim Eyman" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">banjogramps@yahoo.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Tristan<br>> geo/iww B" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tristan.bunner@gmail.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Damien Mathew"<br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dmathew@mailaps.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Dan Elgin ( 2nd e-mail )"<br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">danelgin@gmail.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Peace-discuss"<br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>, "Bill Gorrell" <</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">laborer@mchsi.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:30 PM<br>><br>> Dear Dave, and all,<br>><br>>
Dave Johnson forwarded this message which contains seriously<br>> bad/wrong advice.<br>><br>> The only reason I'm responding is because this message went to a lot<br>> of people through listservs, and the advice or recommendation in it<br>> is so dangerous that I feel it must be addressed.<br>><br>> Also, I'm tired of some of the very narrow analysis of the health<br>> reform law.<br>><br>> I will say my peace here, and I won't be writing back or engaging in<br>> an e-mail discussion about this,
since I already work on health<br>> reform and health system change and am regularly communicating about<br>> these issues.<br>><br>> So, for what it's worth, these are the comments I wanted to offer<br>> (it's lengthy, but I hope helpful and interesting, if nothing else).<br>><br>> Regarding what I see as a very dangerous assertion:<br>><br>> Suggesting that a family of four would be better off saving the<br>> supposed $5,243 they would pay for insurance, to go uninsured<br>> instead, and use those "savings" to pay directly for medical care is<br>> really bad advice. That is $437 a month. What if someone gets<br>> diagnosed with cancer or has a car accident and needs
emergency<br>> surgery and then follow-up care and physical therapy? A family of<br>> four implies 2 - 3 children. Children need regular health care, and<br>> they tend to need more health care visits throughout the year. What<br>> if a child breaks his/her arm. Do people have any idea how much that<br>> costs? An appendicitis would easily wipe out that amount. The people<br>> giving this advice apparently have NO concept of the cost of care,<br>> or the fact that when you run out of money and can't pay for your<br>> care, you are out of luck -- no matter how much chemo you need, or<br>> how much physical therapy you need, etc. Your care stops. What if<br>> you need care, AND a medical
device, like a CPAP? If you think it<br>> doesn't happen to cancer patients, think again. We at CCHCC see this<br>> situation, in some form or another, every single day.<br>><br>> How can anyone give such advice? It makes me think that they must be<br>> totally out of touch with the cost of care and the fact that we as<br>> consumers/patients have no knowledge in advance of what we will<br>> need, and what it will cost us. Or maybe these people are proponents<br>> of medical savings accounts? (their suggestion is actually the<br>> "logic" behind medical savings accounts - a bad idea for most people)<br>><br>> Also, where is the consideration about the fact that uninsured<br>>
consumers are charged the highest sticker price for care, frequently<br>> 2 to 5 times higher than the cost of care charged to an insurer, and<br>> that's part of why uninsured individuals can amass so much medical<br>> debt? This is really dangerous advice and seems very out of touch.<br>><br>> I don't know much about Jane Hamsher and whether she has health<br>> insurance or is personally wealthy and could forego health insurance<br>> because she has the means to pay for her care directly. I know she's<br>> had cancer and has gotten treatment for it, unlike some of my<br>> low-income uninsured patients. Most people don't have the means to<br>> pay for the care they need out of
pocket.<br>><br>> Moving on, I also want to offer this editorial comment:<br>><br>> It's amazing to me how many people want to act like this new law,<br>> unlike the current situation, is a windfall for insurance companies<br>> -- AS IF the current (pre-health reform) situation is not.<br>><br>> Of course the new law is a windfall for insurance companies! But at<br>> least it provides protection to consumers who will be purchasing<br>> health insurance, unlike the current situation, and it forces<br>> private insurance companies to insure those whom they currently<br>> refuse to insure or whom they price out of the market.<br>><br>> If anyone thinks that the current
(pre-health reform) situation is<br>> not a windfall for insurance companies, they are sadly mistaken. The<br>> fact of the matter is that insurance companies, right now, because<br>> of the lack of regulation, actually make far more profits by<br>> refusing coverage to many, while jacking up the rates for existing<br>> members, than they would if they tried to insure a larger number of<br>> people, including those with health problems.<br>><br>> In other words, right now, they make record profits from<br>> cherry-picking, denying coverage, and also from the extra $1,000 or<br>> more built into everyone's premiums to cover the cost for the<br>> uninsured. And if you think you're not
paying for it even if you<br>> don't have health insurance, think again. You pay taxes, don't you?<br>> Most government employees have health coverage (whether they are<br>> teachers, state employees, etc.) through employment, with private<br>> insurance companies, and that's subsidized by taxpayers.<br>><br>> The current situation is not just a windfall for private insurance<br>> -- it is a tremendous burden for we, the people (directly, and<br>> through our taxes). And what do we get right now? Uninsurance.<br>><br>> Because currently insurance companies do NOT have to insure sick<br>> people, the sick people -- and therefore the costliest people --<br>> frequently land on the
government programs such as Medicaid and<br>> Medicare (if they live long enough to get Medicare), community<br>> health centers, and hospital ER's (all federally subsidized), and<br>> the government -- meaning US, the taxpayers (whether insured or<br>> uninsured) pay the lion's share of the cost of providing care to our<br>> nation's sickest (remember also that the sickest 10% of the people<br>> account for 70% of the costs in Medicare).<br>><br>> In other words, right now, even with 45 million uninsured, WE are<br>> paying these high costs, but we are paying with our money, AND our<br>> lives (rather, the uninsured are paying with their lives).<br>><br>> I'm really tired of, and
disgusted with, these very narrow analyses<br>> where people act like the current disasterous situation has somehow<br>> NOT been a windfall for insurance companies. It IS a windfall<br>> already, AND people are going uninsured, getting sick and disabled,<br>> suffering, and dying prematurely -- I see this all the time at CCHCC.<br>><br>> I want to see Medicare for all. And we're working on it. But I think<br>> it's dangerous and irresponsible to act as if people will not<br>> benefit from the health reform law that just passed. People WILL<br>> benefit -- even as the insurance companies benefit. But right now,<br>> pre-health reform, ONLY insurance companies benefit.<br>><br>> I
thought it was dangerous and irresponsible for some progressives<br>> to say that this bill was worse than no bill, and to act as if this<br>> bill somehow precluded the possibility for single-payer.<br>><br>> I probably hate health insurance companies more than anyone I know<br>> -- I am VERY intimately acquainted with the very dirty tricks they<br>> play, and I've witnessed the devastation of individuals and families<br>> when health insurance companies find ways to not cover care. Even<br>> with my views and awareness, however, don't try to take away my<br>> PersonalCare health coverage! Without health insurance, I would have<br>> been dead several years ago when I got very sick with a
mysterious<br>> illness that took 6 years to figure out. Without health insurance, I<br>> couldn't have gotten it figured out because I couldn't have pursued<br>> care and diagnosis (and treatment), and I would have been long dead.<br>><br>> If I could, I'd give every single one of my uninsured clients<br>> private health insurance right now! Just as I would give them<br>> Medicaid or Medicare -- anything I could get my hands on in order<br>> for them to have a passport to health care. I'm not "too pure" to<br>> walk away from a private plan if it will help someone.<br>><br>> Jane Hamsher says "I understand the temptation to offer 30 million<br>> people health care." The
"temptation?" That's like saying "I<br>> understand the temptation to feed starving people." For those of us<br>> who work on the front lines, it is not a temptation but an<br>> imperative. This isn't theoretical for us. This is life and death,<br>> health and disability, suffering and wellness -- no trivial thing.<br>><br>> People who say that it is bad that we are going to insure "only" 30<br>> million of the currently uninsured with this bill and we should<br>> therefore hold off on health reform until we have national<br>> single-payer are basically saying that they would be willing to<br>> sacrifice the health, and possibly the lives of those 30 million<br>> until we can get
something "better." Really? That can't really be<br>> the progressive position, can it?<br>><br>> Also, remember that it's not just 30 million -- without this<br>> legislation, the number of uninsured was going to continue to climb<br>> every single day, week, month, and year - and this would mean that<br>> the number of people who would die simply because they lacked health<br>> coverage would also continue to climb.<br>><br>> And yeah, I hate that the main provisions of the new law won't take<br>> effect until 2014, but before this law, what year were people going<br>> to finally get health coverage and protection from the abuses of the<br>> health insurance industry? Also, what
makes people think that<br>> advocates and organizers are just going to be sitting around waiting<br>> for 2014, as opposed to working on new legislation to help bring<br>> better changes?<br>><br>> Maybe those who are new to the struggle and the issue think that we<br>> just sit back passively once legislation has been passed, and then<br>> live with those consequences, rather than working day in and day<br>> out, year and year out, to make progress.<br>><br>> Medicare was not created whole with one piece of legislation.<br>> Neither was Social Security. But by some people's current analysis<br>> of health reform, they would have advocated against those landmark<br>>
social programs because they didn't go far enough when first<br>> proposed, or because they also involved the private for-profit<br>> sector in some form or another.<br>><br>> As much antipathy as I have for health insurance companies, my<br>> compassion for people is far stronger. I'm not too "pure" to say<br>> that private health insurance coverage is better than no coverage.<br>><br>> Also, I reject the notion that working to advance this health reform<br>> legislation is against the interests of single payer. This<br>> legislation takes government overpayments away from private Medicare<br>> Advantage insurance companies and strengthens Medicare -- the very<br>>
program on which single-payer will be based. Medicare has been<br>> getting raided for years by the Medicare Advantage program, yet<br>> where were all these new "experts" on health reform? CCHCC has been<br>> working with other advocacy organizations for years to get<br>> legislation passed that would cut these overpayments.<br>><br>> Lastly, people should know that the new health reform bill has a<br>> state waiver that allows states to opt out of the health reform law<br>> if the state is able to find another means to provide coverage for<br>> everyone. Yes, there are critiques of the state waiver, but it is<br>> not just a gimmick, as has been suggested. It is a tool to work<br>>
with, and we can always work to improve the waiver. No one ever said<br>> single payer was going to be easy. Being right (correct) is not<br>> enough. We always have to be working and building on whatever gains<br>> we make. That's how we'll get there.<br>><br>> I just really don't understand why certain progressives only<br>> critique (not always accurately) the health reform law, but avoid<br>> providing information about the benefits of the law. Believe it or<br>> not (and, if I may say so, I think I should know), there ARE<br>> benefits. To me, being a progressive was never just about having an<br>> analysis and a critique. It was about working for justice, and<br>>
central to that is working to improving people's lives.<br>><br>> We at CCHCC will continue our work with the single-payer movement<br>> nationally and statewide, even as we work hard as hell to get people<br>> the benefits of this new legislation.<br>><br>> Sincerely,<br>><br>> Claudia Lennhoff, CCHCC Executive Director<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 3/24/10 7:14 PM, unionyes wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > <br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > *From:* David Sladky <mailto:</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
small;">tanstl@aol.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>>
</mc/compose?to=</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tanstl@aol.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>><br>> > *To:* </span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">usgp-media@gp-us.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </mc/compose?to=</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">usgp-media@gp-us.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> <mailto:</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">usgp-media@gp-us.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </mc/compose?to=</span><a rel="nofollow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">usgp-media@gp-us.org</span></a><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>><br>> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:40 AM<br>> > *Subject:* Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill<br>> ><br>> ><br>>
><br>> > Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill<br>> ><br>> > March 22, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!<br>> > <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/author/jtmhcn/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.healthcare-now.org/author/jtmhcn/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> > Filed under Single-Payer News<br>> > <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/category/single-payer-news/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.healthcare-now.org/category/single-payer-news/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> ><br>> > *<br>>
><br>> > Firedoglake released this fact sheet<br>> ><br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2010/03/mythfactshcr-2.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2010/03/mythfactshcr-2.pdf</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">> that<br>> > exposes some myths about the bill passed on Sunday.<br>> > By Jane Hamsher for Firedoglake<br>> ><br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/19/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
small;">http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/19/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> > –<br>> > The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in<br>> > congress since it began last year. The health care bill will come<br>> up for<br>> > a vote in the House on Sunday, and as Nancy Pelosi works to wrangle<br>> > votes, we’ve been
running a detailed whip count on where every<br>> member of<br>> > Congress stands, updated throughout the day.<br>> > We’ve also taken a detailed look at the bill, and have come up<br>> with 18<br>> > often stated myths about this health care reform bill.<br>> > Real health care reform is the thing we’ve fought for from the<br>> start. It<br>> > is desperately needed. But this bill falls short on many levels, and<br>> > hurts many people more than it helps.<br>> > A middle class family of four making $66,370 will be forced to pay<br>> > $5,243 per year for insurance. After basic necessities, this<br>> leaves them<br>>
> with $8,307 in discretionary income — out of which they would have to<br>> > cover clothing, credit card and other debt, child care and education<br>> > costs, in addition to $5,882 in annual out-of-pocket medical expenses<br>> > for which families will be responsible. Many families who are already<br>> > struggling to get by would be better off saving the $5,243 in<br>> insurance<br>> > costs and paying their medical expenses directly, rather than being<br>> > forced to by coverage they can’t afford the co-pays on.<br>> > In addition, there is already a booming movement across the<br>> country to<br>> > challenge the mandate. Thirty-three states already have bills
moving<br>> > through their houses, and the Idaho governor was the first to sign it<br>> > into law yesterday. In Virginia it passed through both a Democratic<br>> > House and Senate, and the governor will sign it soon. It will be<br>> on the<br>> > ballot in Arizona in 2010, and is headed in that direction for many<br>> > more. Republican senators like Dick Lugar are already asking<br>> their state<br>> > attorney generals to challenge it. There are two GOP think tanks<br>> > actively helping states in their efforts, and there is a booming<br>> > messaging infrastructure that covers it beat-by-beat.<br>> > Whether Steny Hoyer believes the legality of the bill will
prevail in<br>> > court or not is moot, it could easily become the “gay marriage”<br>> of 2010,<br>> > with one key difference: there will be no one on the other side<br>> > passionately opposing it. The GOP is preparing to use it as a massive<br>> > turn-out vehicle, and it not only threatens representatives in states<br>> > like Florida, Colorado and Ohio where these challenges will<br>> likely be on<br>> > the ballot — it threatens gubernatorial and down-ticket races as<br>> well.<br>> > Artur Davis, running for governor of Alabama, is already being put on<br>> > the spot about it.<br>> > While details are limited, there is apparently
a “Plan B” alternative<br>> > that the White House was considering, which would evidently expand<br>> > existing programs — Medicaid and SCHIP. It would cover half the<br>> people<br>> > at a quarter of the price, but it would not force an unbearable<br>> > financial burden to those who are already struggling to get by.<br>> Because<br>> > it creates no new infrastructure for the purpose of funneling<br>> money to<br>> > private insurance companies, there is no need for Bart Stupak’s<br>> or Ben<br>> > Nelson’s language dealing with abortion — which satisfies the<br>> concerns<br>> > of pro-life members
of Congress, as well as women who are looking<br>> at the<br>> > biggest blow to women’s reproductive rights in 35 years with the<br>> passage<br>> > of this bill. Both programs are already covered under existing<br>> law, the<br>> > Hyde amendment.<br>> > But perhaps most profoundly, the bill does not mandate that<br>> people pay<br>> > 8% of their annual income to private insurance companies or face a<br>> > penalty of up to 2% — which the IRS would collect. As Marcy Wheeler<br>> > noted in an important post entitled “Health Care on the Road to<br>> > NeoFeudalism,” we stand on the precipice of doing something truly<br>>
> radical in our government, by demanding that Americans pay almost as<br>> > much money to private insurance companies as they do in federal<br>> taxes:<br>> > When this passes, it will become clear that Congress is no longer the<br>> > sovereign of this nation. Rather, the corporations dictating the laws<br>> > will be.<br>> > I understand the temptation to offer 30 million people health<br>> care. What<br>> > I don’t understand is the nonchalance with which we’re about to<br>> > fundamentally shift the relationships of governance in doing so.<br>> > We started down a dangerous road with Wall Street banks in the early<br>> > 90s, allowing them to
flood our political system with money and write<br>> > our laws so that taxpayers would subsidize their profits, assume<br>> their<br>> > losses and remove themselves from the necessity of competition. By<br>> > funneling so much money into the companies who created the very<br>> problems<br>> > we are now attempting to address, we further empower them to<br>> hijack our<br>> > legislative process and put more than just our health care system at<br>> > risk. We risk our entire system of government.<br>> > Congress may be too far down the road with this bill to change course<br>> > and save themselves — and us. But before Democrats cast this<br>>
vote, which<br>> > could endanger not only their Congressional majority but their<br>> ability<br>> > to “fix” things later on, they should consider the first rule of<br>> patient<br>> > safety: first, do no harm.<br>> > Tags: Barack Obama <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/tag/barack-obama/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.healthcare-now.org/tag/barack-obama/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">>,<br>> > firedoglake <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/tag/firedoglake/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.healthcare-now.org/tag/firedoglake/</span></a><span
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><br>> > Comments<br>> ><br>> > *One Response to “Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill”*<br>> ><br>> > 1.<br>> > Cathy Deppe says:<br>> > March 23, 2010 at 9:56 am<br>> ><br>> <</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.healthcare-now.org/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-7558"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.healthcare-now.org/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-7558</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">><br>> > I believe we on the left should also refuse this mandated<br>> >
insurance that just enrichs insurance company profits and<br>> > ultimately insures, instead, the total corporate control of our<br>> > government. We should say no to this – and no again, to paying for<br>> > the wars our government has sold us. Our lives are in the balance,<br>> > as Jackson Brown sang: “They sell us the president the same way,<br>> > they sell us our clothes and our cars, they sell us everything<br>> > from youth
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