excerpt: "" As the Senate Finance Committee debates whether the American people can chose a public option, this picture is the shame of our nation.

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SC State Representive Anton Gunn said Bessix's story was one that Obama had read at the White House. The president gets a stack of letters to read every night from people seeking help with paying for their health-care costs, Gunn said.

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ModernConservative.com health care reform is real deal

There IS a reform plan that puts doctors back in charge, gives patients choice, and does not bankrupt the country because it is free market. Free and Fair healthcare at ModernConservative.com

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One of the first actions President Obama took was to sign H.R.2, or what is referred to as SCHIP, to help poor families that do not qualify for medicaid, but is this hurting as much as it is helping?

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It took only 16 days for President Obama to break his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the poor.

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CNN's Lisa Sylvester again uncritically reported Republican claims that "people living in the United States illegally might be able to access" health insurance benefits under new legislation extending SCHIP.

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Glenn Beck Launches 'Comrade Update' For 'Communist Leader' Obama, with commentary on federal take over of banks, setting appropriate salaries for "executive" pay, forcing Americans to join unions, SCHIP, and more (follow seed to You Tube).

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The House gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obama signed it this afternoon, in the first of what he hopes will be many steps to guarantee coverage for all Americans.

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The government is poised to extend health coverage to 4 million more lower-income kids, a first step in President Barack Obama's promise to shrink the ranks of the uninsured.

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The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time spend federal money to cover children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants.

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A prominent House Democrat said he doesn't expect a comprehensive healthcare reform bill to pass Congress in 2009, saying an incremental approach to covering the uninsured would be better "than to go out and just bite something you can't chew."

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While an increasing number of Americans face layoffs, benefit cuts and difficulty paying their bills, the last thing that President-Elect Obama and Congress should be doing is devising ways to make taxpayers' lives even tougher by forcing them to subsidize healthcare for illega …

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Yesterday, the House voted 289 to 139 to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

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The House just passed a $33 billion reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, a.k.a. SCHIP, the legislation that Democrats tried in vain to expand last year only to meet with two vetoes from George Bush.

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What started out as a discussion on SCHIP gives more insight into the bailout bill. Pelosi states "you will not be able to identify any projects in this economic recovery package. There will be no earmarks.."

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Cigarette Tax Again!

Well, the government boys are at "it" again, and the tax free organizations are at "it" again. "It" being CIGARETTE/TOBACCO TAXES issues sensationalized so that the real issues are totally ignored. FREEDOMWORKS.ORG Action Alert *Fight tax hikes for socialized medicine!

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Under the Montana Democrat's plan, all Americans would be required to hold a health insurance policy, going one step further than President-elect Barack Obama's plan.

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Obama-Care: Making America Sick

"Over half of all small businesses can no longer afford to insure their workers, and so many others have responded to rising costs by laying off workers or shutting their doors for good"

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An issue campaign aimed at strengthening and reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was launched yesterday by America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids, a new, non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders.

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Congressional Democrats have scrapped plans for another vote on expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, thus sparing Republicans from a politically difficult vote just weeks before elections this fall.

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The Congressional Budget office latest update on the demise of Social Security.

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One of Clinton's signature claims has come under fire from political foes, quoted by the Boston Globe, who say she doesn't deserve credit for expanding federal health insurance for millions of children.

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Hillary Clinton's Lies

Hillary Clinton has claimed that she brought peace to Northern Ireland, that she was instrumental in bringing about the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), that she was sent on dangerous missions as first lady that were far too dangerous for the President himself,  …

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Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, had little to do with crafting the landmark legislation or ushering it through Congress, according to several lawmakers, staffers,  …

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Barack Obama & Healthcare

Okay, so I'm working towards the field of medicine. I am in medical school. To me that means, whoever ends up president will have a profound effect on my career. It is an exciting and frightening prospect to think about.

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