If you read my post a while back about Senator Cornyn’s response to the White House’s request that people forward the emails they received with disinformation…You may be interested in his reply that arrived today…
Dear Mr. Boyd:
Thank you for contacting me about President Obama’s new initiative to monitor American citizens’ speech about his health care [...]

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One of the interesting things about the way politicians work is that once you have sent them an email, even one that was protesting a stand of theirs, they feel the need to add you to their email newsletter list. For this reason, I am always intrigued by the way these newsletters are used to [...]

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Just more fuel for the reform fire…
As health care reform moves forward, Congress must impose tighter regulation of companies that clearly are not doing enough to regulate themselves. Creating a public plan could also help restrain the worst practices, by providing competition and an alternative.
A House oversight subcommittee took a close look at a particularly [...]

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Health care in 1960 was between you and your doctor. Just what conservatives say they want to preserve. Everyone had a doctor patient relationship…It was usually something you grew up with. And the uninsured office visit cost about $15…And almost all of America was uninsured.

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This is the most important subject on the President’s agenda. The economic crisis is important, but health care is the problem that is affecting everyone’s lives…
Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results.
On that point there is rare unanimity among Washington decision makers: The U.S. health system needs a [...]

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