Sen. Landrieu To Get Nelson Treatment Over Health Care Reform


	Sen. Landrieu To Get Nelson Treatment Over Health Care Reform

disenchantedcitizen

6-23-2009 11:22 AM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

Another case of money overriding public interest. Ethics in Congress, not in our lifetime.

It's literally unbelievable that when you have polling that shows that the public supports a public option for health care by enormous margins (83-14%) Congress wastes time debating it.

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6-23-2009 12:27 PM

deb2012

In addition to congress taking money to turn their backs on us, check out the money the private for profit health industry pays their execs----the real answer as to why they don't want to compete with non profit health care

6-23-2009 2:58 PM

rougy44

Couldn't agree more.

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