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Ross gets 15 minutes, and some more — UPDATE

Mike Ross is all over the news as the chief health negotiator for the Blue Dogs, who, with seven decisive members on the Energy and Commerce Committee, appear to hold the key to the House health care reform bill introduced Tuesday. Here is a little example. Ross says it’s not just Blue Dogs balking among [...]

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  1. Brittanicus Says:

    CHOOSING THE USUAL PROFITING INSURANCE COMPANY, OR CHOOSING GOVERNMENT PLAN SHOULD BE UP TO AMERICANS?
    The deciding factor in implementing health care for everybody–LEGALLY–in America, is the Publics voice? Those who want to just follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration. I see–THE RATS–are coming out of the woodwork, using propaganda and downright lies about government run medical care?

    The Special interest lobby, status quo have very wealthy fingers in the pie and do not want Health care for everybody? It’s a trillion dollar business like Cancer treatments. The pharmaceutical companies, AMA and others have very much to lose? Even many corrupt politicians are stockholders in this behemoth money machine. Most American working class can do–without– high premiums, pre-existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representative of the wealthy medical care insurers. Whatever pertains to your family, you should start ruffling the indifferent feathers of the people in Washington at 202-224-3121 Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families.

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    [...] Yglesias, we get more on Ross from Arkansas, who is grabbing his 15 minutes of fame with the gusto of an aging star who is reminding the [...]

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    [...] rates. More on the Blue Dogs’ specific concerns they want addressed can be found via Arkansas News. Many centrists say that much of the frustration stems from the vote on the climate change bill [...]

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    [...] rates. More on the Blue Dogs’ specific concerns they want addressed can be found via Arkansas News. Many centrists say that much of the frustration stems from the vote on the climate change bill [...]

  4. Let’s All Raise A Glass To Mike Ross Now | The Arkansas Project Says:

    [...] Ross has been giving the Obama administration and the Democratic House leadership headaches, telling them he and his Blue Dog Democrat pals might just shut down that precious health care bill, see, unless some changes are made. (Arkansas News Bureau columnist John Brummett has a few bullets on what changes the Blue Dogs might like to see.) [...]

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