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Tag Archives: Max Baucus
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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Democrats opposing Public Option bought off
OpenSecrets reports, “Today was not a good day for supporters of a government-sponsored health care plan.” Two senators, John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), offered two amendments that would add such an option to the the Senate Finance Committee‘s … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Schumer, Dean Heller, Dina Titus, Harry Reid, John Ensign, John Kerry, John Rockefeller, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, Shelley Berkley
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Government option to Baucus bill to be offered
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) [Wikipedia] [VoteSmart] [OpenSecrets] and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) [Wikipedia] [VoteSmart] [OpenSecrets] are readying for a showdown tomorrow with Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the conservative chairman of the Finance Committee, who offered a compromise of creating nonprofit insurance … Continue reading
Doctors support Single-Payer Healthcare
Despite Senator Max Baucus’ healthcare bill, real doctors who work in the system every day, say single-payer health insurance reform is the way to go.
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Tagged Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Max Baucus, Single-Payer Healthcare
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Baucus-Grassley rake $ in from health industry
The Gang of Six, three Republican and three Democratic senators in the group, all of them members of the Senate Finance Committee, received an average of $74,600 from health industry lobbyists, according to The San Francisco’s Chronicle’s analysis of records … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Dogs, Chuck Grassley, Corruption, Dean Heller, Dina Titus, Harry Reid, Healthcare Reform, Max Baucus, Shelley Berkley
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Wasting millions of stimulus money on remote Montana-Canada border posts
Editor’s Note: This story details how two members of the CNN Special Investigations Unit reported a story about controversial plans to spend $31 million to enhance two remote crossings on the border between the United States and Canada. SCOBEY, Montana … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Corruption, Earmarks, Homeland Security, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, Montana, Pork, Stimulus Money, Video, Waste, Whitetail
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Wendell Potter Slams Baucus Bill: ‘An Absolute Gift To The Insurance Industry’
Wendell Potter [Wikipedia] — the insurance industry whistle blower and former communications director of health insurance giant Cigna — called the Baucus framework “an absolute gift to the industry.” “And if that is what we see in the legislation, [America’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Max Baucus, Wendell Potter
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Olbermann: Donate to National Association of Free Clinics
If you have been watching Keith Olbermann on Countdown on MSNBC TV you will be aware of his Special Comment about healthcare yesterday and that he is sponsoring The National Association of Free Clinics. If you haven’t you can watch … Continue reading →