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On Medicare anniversary, lawmakers tout inevitability of single payer - Raw Story
07/31/2010 10:51 AM

Raw Story

On Medicare anniversary, lawmakers tout inevitability of single payer
Raw Story
A trio of progressives in Congress invoked the 45th birthday of Medicare's enactment Friday to call for a national single payer health ...
On Medicare's birthday, a call to make it universalThe Hill (blog)
On the Anniversary of Medicare Comes a Renewed Call for "Medicare for All"The Nation. (blog)
Happy Anniversary; Medicare For All Still the GoalFiredoglake (blog)
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Health care waste - Northwest Herald
07/31/2010 05:41 AM

Health care waste
Northwest Herald
Single-payer health care for all in this country never even was considered by our congress. However, for decades, private insurance HMOs wasted $350 billion ...

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The GOP's oil spill single payer plan - Salon
07/28/2010 11:45 AM

Salon

The GOP's oil spill single payer plan
Salon
a single payer system, with a larger risk pool works for the oil industry but somehow doesn't work for consumers when it comes to health care. ...
The GOP's oil spill single payer planSalon

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Let's not get too excited about Anthony Weiner - Salon
07/30/2010 06:16 PM

Salon

Let's not get too excited about Anthony Weiner
Salon
For them, seeing Weiner, the candidate of the outerboroughs in '05, passionately embracing single payer was a revelation. As I wrote in another publication ...
Let's not get too excited about Anthony WeinerSalon

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Private insurers cause health care heartbreak - FavStocks (blog)
07/30/2010 01:40 PM

Private insurers cause health care heartbreak
FavStocks (blog)
By Healthcare Now on 07/30/2010 – 11:28 am PDTLeave a Comment As a dedicated activist for single-payer health care, it has become crystal clear to me that ...

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Single Payer Now - Charleston City Paper
07/26/2010 08:21 AM

Single Payer Now
Charleston City Paper
To be specific Angell is on record as saying "any measure short of a Single Payer System is little more than Piece Meal Tinkering". ...



A killer Diller comedic weekend - Los Angeles Times
07/27/2010 03:09 PM

A killer Diller comedic weekend
Los Angeles Times
She's the longtime state legislator who was pushing for single-payer when single-payer wasn't cool [as if it were now]. Bill Maher, riffing on President ...



Health care and the governor's race - BurlingtonFreePress.com
07/25/2010 05:03 AM

Health care and the governor's race
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Dr. Deb Richter, a Washington County physician and ardent advocate for single-payer, government-run health coverage, argued that's a convenient excuse used ...

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The Luck of the Irish: Why we Need National, Single-Payer Health Care in the US - Firedoglake (blog)
07/26/2010 09:01 AM

The Luck of the Irish: Why we Need National, Single-Payer Health Care in the US
Firedoglake (blog)
The McShane's wouldn't get one single bill for the medical care their daughter would now receive. They could focus exclusively on Natasha's rehabilitation ...

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Shumlin gets things done - Rutland Herald
07/31/2010 02:20 AM

Shumlin gets things done
Rutland Herald
It seems fair to conclude that when Peter Shumlin talks about his commitment to single-payer health care, high speed Internet throughout the state, ...