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A retired surgeon speaks out on healthcare reform

Retired surgeon John Gary Maxwell, a professor emeritus at both the University of North Carolina and the University of Utah medical schools, recently penned an editorial on healthcare reform entitled Health Reform from My Side of the Surgery Table. I found it insightful, and thought I’d pass along the link… And, here, for those of […]

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The status of Obamacare

I don’t have time to write a coherent piece this evening on the current status of the healthcare legislation winding its way through the Senate, but I did want to pass along a few links that I think you might find of interest. First, there’s a good piece in the Washington Post about the fracturing […]

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Sweeping healthcare legislation passes the House

With the support of only one Republican Congressman – America’s first Vietnamese Representative, Joseph Cao – it looks as though the House has passed significant healthcare reform legislation. Here’s a clip from the New York Times: Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system […]

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Lieberman would rather have ‘Nothing’ than healthcare reform with a public option

On Face the Nation this morning, Senator Joe Lieberman made it quite clear that he intended to vote down any Democratic legislation including a public option, even if it meant passing no healthcare legislation at all… See for yourself: By way of background, here are a few little tidbits about Lieberman from MediaMatters. In 2005, […]

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Lieberman declares himself the man standing between Americans and healthcare

I don’t know that it would mean anything to him, but, if you’ve got a few minutes free, I’d like to ask that you do me a favor, and call Senator Joe Lieberman’s office. What I need is relatively simple. All you have to do is dial (202) 224-4041, wait until someone answers, and say, […]

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