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Obama Refuses to Rule Out Jail Time for People Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance.
the health care system but stopped short of endorsing the threat of jail time for those who refuse to pay a fine for not having insurance. What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don’t, you’re subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it’s affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there’s a thousand dollar hidden …
The Health Insurance Industry Thanks Max Baucus
headzup.tv The health insurance industry thanks Blue Dog Montana Senator Max Baucus after he gets the public option and employer mandate stripped in the Senate Finance Committee. Read more about it here– http Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at www.headzup.tv
G20 – Obama sign on to Global Currency! Dollar Plunges i
London – It was the French siding with Germany, China and Russia that dealt a financial checkmate to Obama, USA and the greenback. Currency trading stopped as dollar plunges 43% on world markets. Money, money, money it’s a rich mans world .ABBA … China Russia France Germany G20 London currency exchange Obama dollar greenback US oil banks melt down EU Bank of Scotland AIG bailout finance financial insurance gold standard credit foreclosure home riot
The Baucus Bill’s Inevitable Consequences
“The Finance Committee chairman’s bill is a tangled web of federally-dictated insurance regulations, which would control every aspect of health insurance from covered benefits to permissible premiums. The bill would centralize the power of medical decisions with politicians and bureaucrats, not patients and doctors. And it would result in higher health insurance premiums, less consumer choice, and, ultimately, the rationing of health care.” — US Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl speaking on …
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 …
Obama: “momentum” for health care reform
The historic movement to bring real, meaningful health insurance reform to the American people gathered momentum this week as we approach the final days of this debate. Having worked on this issue for the better part of a year, the Senate Finance Committee is finishing deliberations on their version of a health insurance reform bill that will soon be merged with other reform bills produced by other Congressional committees. After evaluating the Finance Committees bill, the Congressional …
A healthcare bill drafted by the US Senate Finance Committee would expand insurance coverage
Analysts cost Senate health plan Healthcare reform: Strong opinions on all sides of the debate A healthcare bill drafted by the US Senate Finance Committee would expand insurance coverage but also cut the federal deficit, budget analysts say. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the bill would cost 9bn (£517bn) over 10 years but also result in reducing the deficit by bn. This analysis is in line with President Barack Obama’s own estimates. His efforts to overhaul healthcare …
Rebound? – Emergency Economic Summit (13 of 14)
On September 30, 2008, the Seidman College of Business hosted an emergency summit at Grand Valley State University to explore the intricacies of the global financial crisis in the United States and in West Michigan. “Historic Financial Crisis: A West Michigan Conversation,” included panel presentations from and discussion between six academics and practitioners.
Health Insurance Companies
2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader answers a question about the role of health insurance companies in his national heath care plan. From the Open the Debates super rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 4, 2008. Video by Karen Kilroy – karenkilroy.com
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