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55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Especially Joe Lieberman
"On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance. The congressman argued that it is hypocritical for Senate and House members receiving "government-administered single-payer health care -- Medicare" to oppose making such coverage available to the American public.
"Even in a town known for hypocrisy, this list of 55 Members of Congress deserve some sort of prize," Weiner wrote. "They apparently think the public option is ok for them, but not anyone else."
Weiner, a member of the Health Subcommittee and co-chair of the Caucus on the Middle Class, has been a strong advocate of the public option. In recent weeks, he has challenged his own party, as well as President Obama to ensure that the final health bill includes an affordable public insurance plan for Americans.
A press release from Weiner's office identifies the congressional recipients of Medicare that he thinks should give up their government-funded insurance plans. The list includes Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), part of the Gang of Six that helped shape health care reform."
Read more at:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1...44.html
"The list of congressional recipients of Medicare who also oppose the public option is below:
Rep. Ralph M. Hall
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett
Rep. Sam Johnson
Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Rep. Howard Coble
Sen. Jim Bunning
Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Rep. Don Young
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
Sen. Robert F. Bennett
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Rep. Jerry Lewis
Sen. James M. Inhofe
Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Henry E. Brown
Sen. Pat Roberts
Sen. George V. Voinovich
Sen. John McCain
Rep. Judy Biggert
Sen. Thad Cochran
Rep. Harold Rogers
Rep. Dan Burton
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Rep. Frank R. Wolf
Sen. Christopher S. Bond
Rep. Michael N. Castle
Rep. Joe Pitts
Rep. Tom Petri
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Rep. Doc Hastings
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Rep. Sue Myrick
Rep. John Carter
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Jon Kyl
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Rep. Nathan Deal
Rep. John Linder
Rep. Kay Granger
Rep. John L. Mica
Rep. Walter B. Jones
Sen. Jim Risch
Rep. Ed Whitfield
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Rep. Virginia Foxx
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Rep. Elton Gallegly
Rep. Donald Manzullo
Rep. Peter T. King
Rep. Ander Crenshaw
weiner.house.gov/news_display.aspx
These 55 and Joe Lieberman should lose all their government-funded health insurance i.e. government-administered single-payer health care -- Medicare!!! Let all these folks buy their own from the private insurance monopoly
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Especially Joe Lieberman
"On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance. The congressman argued that it is hypocritical for Senate and House members receiving "government-administered single-payer health care -- Medicare" to oppose making such coverage available to the American public.
"Even in a town known for hypocrisy, this list of 55 Members of Congress deserve some sort of prize," Weiner wrote. "They apparently think the public option is ok for them, but not anyone else."
Weiner, a member of the Health Subcommittee and co-chair of the Caucus on the Middle Class, has been a strong advocate of the public option. In recent weeks, he has challenged his own party, as well as President Obama to ensure that the final health bill includes an affordable public insurance plan for Americans.
A press release from Weiner's office identifies the congressional recipients of Medicare that he thinks should give up their government-funded insurance plans. The list includes Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), part of the Gang of Six that helped shape health care reform."
Read more at:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1...44.html
"The list of congressional recipients of Medicare who also oppose the public option is below:
Rep. Ralph M. Hall
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett
Rep. Sam Johnson
Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Rep. Howard Coble
Sen. Jim Bunning
Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Rep. Don Young
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
Sen. Robert F. Bennett
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Rep. Jerry Lewis
Sen. James M. Inhofe
Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Henry E. Brown
Sen. Pat Roberts
Sen. George V. Voinovich
Sen. John McCain
Rep. Judy Biggert
Sen. Thad Cochran
Rep. Harold Rogers
Rep. Dan Burton
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
Rep. Frank R. Wolf
Sen. Christopher S. Bond
Rep. Michael N. Castle
Rep. Joe Pitts
Rep. Tom Petri
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Rep. Doc Hastings
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Rep. Sue Myrick
Rep. John Carter
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Jon Kyl
Rep. Phil Gingrey
Rep. Nathan Deal
Rep. John Linder
Rep. Kay Granger
Rep. John L. Mica
Rep. Walter B. Jones
Sen. Jim Risch
Rep. Ed Whitfield
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Rep. Virginia Foxx
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Rep. Elton Gallegly
Rep. Donald Manzullo
Rep. Peter T. King
Rep. Ander Crenshaw
weiner.house.gov/news_display.aspx
These 55 and Joe Lieberman should lose all their government-funded health insurance i.e. government-administered single-payer health care -- Medicare!!! Let all these folks buy their own from the private insurance monopoly
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Tue, October 27, 2009 - 6:06 PMWhat irritates me is the possibility of a mandate to buy health insurance without a public option. Where is my freedom to not buy from a corporation if I so choose. I guess the freedom to pay a fine.
No mandate without a public option!
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Wed, October 28, 2009 - 2:22 PMYeah, seems like a major hand-out to the insurance companies with this mandate forcing so many to buy insurance whether they can afford it or not. It cannot be considered "major" health care reform without a public option of some form or another - I prefer a strong, robust public option. I expect to see health care costs cut, premiums cut and all other out of control costs cut. A the end of the day it should cut the US health care costs of 16% of GDP (2.5 TRILLION) every year in HALF or they've just wasted our time & theirs.
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Mon, November 2, 2009 - 9:39 PM[Arm the homeless. There are a lot more of them now. ;) ]
No winking semicolon for this boy. Arm them now, and give them NRA approved multi-shot magazines on their assault weapons and teflon-coated, vest-penetrating rounds to use in their weapons. And the rest of us get to divide up, butcher and eat the kill.... -
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 5:42 AM<And the rest of us get to divide up, butcher and eat the kill.... >
But I'm a vegetarian. Can we turn the kill into dag and cat food?
But your comment leads me tto a question. When the NRA is advocating gun rights is it advocating gun rights for everyone or just for the rich people to protect against the pitchfork angry mob of poor people? -
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 4:57 PMThe NRA advocates gun rights for all law-abiding citizens. They make no distinction for income. Look it up. -
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 5:01 PMMeh. If I want to join a gun rights group, it won't be the NRA. It doesn't really represent gun owners but rather the gun industry. -
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Tue, November 3, 2009 - 5:02 PMNow if the NRA was willing to help assisting with helping poor people buy guns, then it would represent poor people.
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Wed, October 28, 2009 - 3:55 PMKucinich: Will We Stand for the People or the Insurance Companies?
"Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement about the health care debate in America:
“Providing health care to all Americans is the moral responsibility of our government, consistent with the Preamble in the Constitution. Yet we are being told that it is not possible to have the kind of single payer health system which every industrialized democracy in the world has.
“We compromised on single payer by backing a public option, and now we are being asked to compromise the public option with negotiated rates. In conference, we will likely be asked to compromise negotiated rates with a trigger. In each and every step of the health care debate, the insurance companies have won. If they get hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxpayer subsidies, they get to raise their premiums, and increase their co pays and deductibles, while the public is forced to pay for private insurance, then the insurance companies win big.
“If this is the best we can do, then it is time to ask ourselves whether the two-party system is truly capable of representing the American people or whether the system has been so compromised by special interests that we can’t even protect the health of our own people. This is a moment of truth for the Democratic Party. Will we stand for the people or the insurance companies?”
kucinich.house.gov/News/Doc...ngle.aspx
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Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
Mon, November 2, 2009 - 5:27 PMNames of the Dead
"Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance. Add your story and watch Congressman Grayson read your stories on the House floor:"
www.namesofthedead.com
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