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671 votes
Send HR676 to CBO for scoring
Why do you keep blocking HR676? We can save hundreds of billions per year with true single payer. Stop sacrificing us to keep robber barons alive! Medicare has a 2% overhead vs. 30% for private insurance. Why would want to keep this waste alive!?
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222 votes
Conyers and 80 co-sponsors can't be wrong. What's wrong with the Senate? Get behind Sanders S.703!
Congressman Conyers has 80 co-sponsors in the House for HR 676, or Expanded Medicare for All, which is single payer health care. Senator Bernie Sanders has S.703 in the Senate which isn't getting much support. What's wrong with the Senate? We need to get on their case and let them know this is... more
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177 votes
How can you deny any any U.S. Citizen the right to healthcare regardless of ability to pay?
How can you deny any any U.S. Citizen the right to healthcare regardless of ability to pay?
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154 votes
Why are Congressional progressives afraid to pressure Dems opposing strong public healthcare option?
I am tired of Democrats who are afraid to get into battles with Republicans and other Democrats. The Republicans will use any tactic they can to derail healthcare reform. It is time to roll up your sleeves and start twisting arms.
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130 votes
Single payer for all
Seniors have a single payer health care plan through Medicare. Why not simply extend that same care to all Americans?
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67 votes
Will you publish senators who oppose public option along with $ received from pharma / insura lobby?
Any senator who opposes the public option will be seen as being in the pocket of lobbyists. Come the next election, we will vote them out.
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60 votes
Why aren't US citizens given a right to public health care equivalent to congress
Why is there even a debate over US citizens deserving a right to a public healthcare choice their representatives receive
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49 votes
Why are insurance companies allowed to be for-profit? Doesn't this encourage claim denials etc?
If they are not for profit companies, they would be more ethical, by not having an incentive to deny claims, increase premiums and drop customers who are high risk.
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44 votes
It's clear that a public option is needed; will this option include any dental coverage?
There's no question that Americans need a public health insurance option in order to be able to afford quality health care. It's been shown that there are many links between oral conditions (such as gum disease) and conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. In the long run, having affordable... more
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37 votes
Shouldn't Congresspeople who oppose it for us surrender their own public coverage?
Take away their health coverage so they start to get it.
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26 votes
Isn't a public option the only way to get Big Ins. to cut costs, cover all, use Med IT? People 1st!
In his press conference today, President Obama pointed out that if the Insurance companies truly are putting the care of their customers first, rather than choosing only healthy people to cover, collecting premiums and avoiding paying out, then why would they be afraid of a public option? The fac... more
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24 votes
Can the positions and vote on healthcare of each member of both houses be published for easy viewing
Can the positions and vote on healthcare of each member of both houses be published for easy viewing?
