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Tag Archives: Corporate Greed
Why there is no single-payer public option
Amy Goodman on Democracy Now stated “Republican lawmakers remained staunchly opposed to using the federal government to regulate health insurance.” Republicans want the current health care bill dumped in the trash and to start all over. Goodman interviewed Trudy Lieberman … Continue reading
Gibbons dithers while Nevada schoolchildren suffer
The following is a letter to the editor that appeared in today’s Las Vegas Sun. It was written by a school teacher, Jeremy Christensen of Las Vegas. I’m running it here because I agree with what Mr. Christensen writes: “It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Greed, Democrats, Education, Jim Gibbons, Nevada, Pahrump, Republican Party, Tea Party, Tonopah
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Bank pay crackdown
Embedded video from CNNMoney.com Video Washington launched its biggest offensive yet against runaway Wall Street pay practices Thursday, taking aim at everyone from senior executives to high-flying traders of complex securities. “The Federal Reserve is working to ensure that compensation … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Bernanke, Corporate Greed, Kenneth Feinberg, Video, Wall Street
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Is domestic violence a pre-existing condition precluding insurance coverage?
Health insurance companies are in the business of taking in premium payments and paying out a little as possible for health care. That is the way they make profits and satisfy their shareholders and Wall Street. In 2006, attorney Jody … Continue reading
Anthem Blue Cross sues state of Maine for refusal to guarantee profit margin
The problem, folks, is the health care insurance companies. As Wendell Potter has told us all, the healthcare insurance companies are driven to make profits by Wall Street, not provide health care to you or me. The only way to … Continue reading
WellPoint cuts employee healthcare benefits
WellPoint health insurance company, which has encouraged its employees to lobby against health care reform, is now cutting their benefits. The insurance giant plans to raise deductibles and premiums for some of its employee health benefits. “Like many employers in … Continue reading
Baucus hit with ad over blocking public option
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Democracy for America have launched the above ad in Montana and Washington, D.C., hitting Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus for blocking a public option from his health care reform bill. [Source: TPM]
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Tagged Corporate Greed, Healthcare Reform, Max Baucus, Olympia Snowe
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Senator Ensign voted against public option
Senator Ensign of Nevada is no friend of Nevadans. He posted the following on his website: Photo from the Las Vegas Sun: Senate Finance Committee members Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., left, and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., talk Tuesday on Capitol … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Greed, Corruption, Democrats, Health Care, Healthcare Reform, John Ensign
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce is losing members
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lost two of its members: Exelon and New Mexico’s Public Service Company and Pacific Gas and Electric. Exelon, the nation’s largest nuclear power generator, says “inaction on climate is not an option.” They quit … Continue reading