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Old 03-24-2010, 04:02 PM   #48
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Health Care Reform: Voices of Dissent

15 hours ago - ABC News 2:03 | 3264 views

Opponents of the health care reform bill vow to stop it anyway possible.

VIDEO (2:03): http://news.yahoo.com/video/health-15749655/18776536



GOP senators in final drive to stall health bill

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer – 58 mins ago

WASHINGTON – In a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama's health care remake, Republican senators plan to force Democrats to run a gantlet of politically dicey votes before they can finish a companion bill to the landmark law.

Voting was expected to start late Wednesday on a full list of Republican amendments to a "sidebar" bill making changes Democrats agreed to in the main legislation already signed by Obama. Major components of the "fix" legislation include scaling back a tax on high-cost insurance plans opposed by labor unions, closing the coverage gap in the Medicare prescription benefits, and higher taxes on upper-income earners.

But Republicans have other ideas. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wants a vote on his amendment to prohibit coverage of Viagra for sex offenders. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, wants savings from Medicare cuts plowed back into the health care program for seniors, instead of being used to expand coverage to the uninsured. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., wants to gut penalties on employers whose workers wind up getting taxpayer subsidized coverage.

Continues: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/..._care_overhaul




THIS IS A BIG ****ING DEAL! Vice President Biden At Health Care Bill Signing

From: MoxNewsDotCom | March 23, 2010

VIDEO 37 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/user/MoxNewsD...22/3TOcZRK6-ZU
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