Articles Tagged “public option”
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The Party Of Lincoln?
BY JEFF HAMILTON The recent report of Sen. Tom Coburn’s Town Hall meeting in Oklahoma City reflects the waffling and subterfuge of some in the Republican Party and for that matter some in the Democratic Party, often called Blue Dogs. Coburn told a woman, who was crying over the need for medical care for her [...]
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Rx: Bake Sales, Car Washes
BY KENNY BELFORD Congressman John Sullivan stated at a Town Hall meeting that his insurance carrier hasn’t yet paid $24,000 for his stint at the Betty Ford Clinic for alcohol rehabilitation. Perhaps if he’d sought treatment at any of the number of facilities in Tulsa that charge half or less that amount he wouldn’t have [...]
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Biggest Danger To Democrats
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Indefensible
BY WANDA JO STAPLETON During Sen. Tom Coburn’s Town Hall meeting in OKC yesterday, I was on the second row holding up my sign which said “Public Option Saves Money.” At one point, the senator said, in essence, “Tell me one thing the government does right.” My hand shot up in front of his face, [...]
