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The House Public Plan: Yes, It's Worth It

By Jacob Hacker
November 6, 2009

with Diane Archer

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Progressive Breakfast: The Net Domestic Product

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 30, 2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bill Scher is traveling; he will return Monday.

Thursday's news that the nation's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter comes with a lot of asterisks. A few of them:

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Progressive Breakfast: Hope For The Public Option

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 2, 2009

Despite Sen. Max Baucus's best efforts to pronounce it dead, the public option keeps refusing to die in the Senate.

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Stacey Ritter Lost Everything. CIGNA's CEO Gets Another House

By Jason Rosenbaum
October 1, 2009

Meet Stacie Ritter. She's a hardworking mother of twins who lives in Pennsylvania.

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On the Death of My Older Brother, Jeremy, and Ted Kennedy

By Mike Elk
August 26, 2009

In the coming days, many great eulogies of Ted Kennedy will be written. Many will offer personal anecdotes in the coming days about what a great man he was. I do not intend to write one here.

I have no great anecdotes or personal stories to tell about how Ted Kennedy directly touched my life. I meet the man once briefly in passing while walking in the U.S. Capitol. read more »

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Co-Op Proposal An Effort To Kill The Public Plan

Produced by Institute for America's Future
Submitted by Jacob Hacker
August 6, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee today has unveiled a health care reform plan that does not include a public health insurance option. It instead proposes the creation of health co-operatives. At a media teleconference, I explain why this will not work and should be seen for what it is: an effort to kill what would be an effective competitor to the private insurance market. read more »

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Honoring Paul Wellstone: Fighting Like Hell for Health Care Reform

By Mike Elk
July 14, 2009

I had the rare privilege of meeting one of my heroes, Paul Wellstone, shortly before his death in 2002 when I visited Washington as part of a conference for high school students interested in politics. read more »

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Some Choice Words for 'The Select Few'

By Bill Moyers
July 13, 2009

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Don't Tax Benefits

By Roger Hickey
July 13, 2009

Americans are demanding health care reform that guarantees them quality, affordable insurance, reduces the burden of health costs on employers and individuals and provides backup coverage through a public health insurance option.

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