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Menendez on health insurance companies
US Senator Robert Menendez joins fellow Finance Committee members Senators Schumer and Stabenow to call on health insurance companies to do their part in health care reform. July 15, 2009
Responses to Finance Committee 14-10 Vote
As the last of five congressional committees completed work Tuesday on a health-care reform package, lawmakers braced for a debate before the full House and Senate about whether Americans are ready to embrace the far-reaching changes necessary to extend coverage to millions of Americans. With the backing of a lone Republican, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 9 to approve legislation that would, for the first time, require every American to have health insurance. The package would …
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Preview: Wendell Potter pt 2 | PBS
www.pbs.org insurance companies vs. Michael Moore. Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years to become a health reform advocate. Check out Potters take on the campaign against Michael Moores film Sicko and tune in to Bill Moyers Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings www.pbs.org for his experiences inside the health insurance industry, their work fighting a public option, and …
Bill Moyers on Max Baucus and Senate health insurance reform bill
BILL MOYERS: You know from the news that early next week the Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote on its version of health care reform. And therein lies another story of money and politics. Polls show the overwhelming majority of Americans favor a non-profit alternative — like Medicare — that would give the private health insurance industry some competition. But if so many Americans and the President himself want that public option, how come we’re not getting one? Because, the …
