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Tag Archives: health insurance
Cantor’s Gender Problem
At a press stakeout on Capitol Hill today, House GOP Whip Eric Cantor sounded bullish about his party’s success in pouring cold water on the idea of a "government option," or a federal health insurance plan that would compete with private plans. That’s fine, but he made one statement that …
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‘No Guarantee’ — With Plan, or Without
Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, whose ads we have faulted in the past, is airing a new spot that calls for dropping any federal insurance option from the health care overhaul bills. "Despite what the president or Congress say," the narrator tells us, "their health care proposals do not guarantee you …
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Tagged Conservatives for Patients' Rights, health care, health insurance
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A False Appeal to Women’s Fears
A conservative group with Republican ties called the Independent Women’s Forum is airing an ad that says “300,000 American women with breast cancer might have died” if our health care were “government run” like England’s, citing the American Cancer Society as a source …
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Tagged breast cancer, health care, health insurance, Independent Women's Forum
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Republican Infighting on Health Insurance
Never shy about training its sights on fellow Republicans, the Club for Growth is going after Utah GOP Sen. Robert Bennett with a new television ad and letter-writing campaign targeting his support for a Senate health care bill. It’s not a Senate bill that has cleared any committee, such as …
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Health Care for Members of Congress?
Q: What type of health insurance do members of Congress receive? Is it a single-payer, government-run system? A: Members of Congress are covered by private insurance under the same system that covers all federal workers.
More ‘Senior Scare’
The conservative 60 Plus Association is running a TV ad saying Congress plans to pay for overhauling health care “by cutting $500 billion from Medicare.” It claims that this “will mean long waits for care” and cuts to MRIs and other imaging services, that “seniors may lose their own doctors” and that “government, not doctors, will decide …
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Private Insurance Not Outlawed
Q: Will the House’s proposed health care plan outlaw private insurance? A: No. Those who are claiming that the plan would get rid of private insurance or make it illegal are misinterpreting the bill.
