Daily Archives: September 24, 2009

Eric Cantor to non-insured cancer victim-sell all your belongings and beg for charity

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Featheriver

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) [Wikipedia] [VoteSmart] [OpenSecrets] wins the award for why Republican favorable numbers on healthcare are barely above 20 percent. Mr. Cantor was recently asked what a woman with stomach cancer should do if she did … Continue reading →

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AFL-CIO seeks investigation of health care insurance premiums

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Featheriver

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday urged some state insurance commissioners to investigate how the costs of insurers’ lobbying to defeat health-insurance reform are affecting premiums. “We believe that health insurance providers’ lobbying expenditures have led to excessive rate hikes,” … Continue reading →

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