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- Fri 24 May 8:30 AMSheriff Koutoujian will run for Congress if Markey wins Senate race
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by oceandreams - Thu 23 May 11:46 PMAnd now a message from bulls##t mountain
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by kbusch - Thu 23 May 3:30 PMState Senate Votes Are Online
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by pauldcraney - Thu 23 May 1:24 PMThousands falling through the cracks in the DDS system
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by dave-from-hvad - Thu 23 May 10:42 AMLynch joins rest of N.E. delegation in voting against pro-Keystone XL bill
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by fenway49 - Thu 23 May 10:08 AMGomez Refuses to Release his 2005 Tax Returns
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by johnk - Wed 22 May 3:44 PMMy post disappeared!
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by fenway49 - Wed 22 May 3:41 PMGlobe calls Gomez out for his dishonest, whining ad
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by fenway49 - Wed 22 May 2:49 PMLt Gov. Murray's Letter To Friends and Supporters
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by hlpeary - Wed 22 May 1:55 PMGomez drinking game (Proposed)
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by mike_cote
- Fri 24 May 8:30 AMSheriff Koutoujian will run for Congress if Markey wins Senate race
jarstar
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Where oh where a new commissioner for environmental protection?
Jun 25, '07
7:05 AM
(Promoted in the interest of open discussion. With respect to Kayot's question, Jamie Eldridge has been absolutely out-front with his endorsement of HR 676, which would create a single-payer system of health insurance. Briefly, that means we kick health insurance companies to the curb, and have the government pay for (though not deliver) health care.
Here's the actual bill: HR 676.
And here's a lot of material from the bill's major advocacy organization: Physicians for a National Health Plan. There's a readable summary here.
And see the excellent comments below.
I might add -- Kayot quotes Jim Miceli as asking Eldridge how he plans to pay for single-payer health care. Hilarious. That's like asking the Mercedes owner how he plans to pay for a Hyundai. We pay some 16% of our GDP for health care; Canada pays about 10%, and covers everyone, without exception. The question is: How the hell do we pay for the system we have? And why would we want to? - promoted by Charley on the MTA)
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