Thursday, November 19th 2009
by cmallette
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The Health Care Bills are the Real Turkey This Thanksgiving

1) Harry Reid has had his bill for 6 weeks – shouldn’t the American people have the same time period to review it and know what the bill contains? After all, 2,074 pages isn’t exactly light reading.

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Thursday, November 19th 2009
by tjenney
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Especially if you live in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, or Nebraska. Kyl and McCain should be safe, but give them a ring of encouragement.

You can use the link at top center on this page--the red box that says "High Noon 4 Healthcare"

Or go here:
http://www.highnoonforhealthcare.org/

Here is the latest update from Patients First:

Dear Patients First supporter,

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Thursday, November 19th 2009
by tjenney
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AFP's Phil Kerpen writes:

Reid's health bill is 2,074 pages and 371,949 words. Uses the word "tax" 183 times. According to CBO it spends $848B, raises taxes $486B, cuts Medicare/Medicaid $436B ($330B+ Medicare), and leaves 24M uninsured.

Maybe we should all take a deep breath on this one, and go back to the drawing board. And perhaps we should open up the echo chamber a little bit and consider some reform options that do not involve command-and-control from Washington DC.

--Tom

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Wednesday, November 18th 2009
by bgilbert
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In 36 hours you helped AFP-NC fill 3 buses, and headed to Washington DC to fight against the Government take over of our health care.

We got call after call and tons of emails asking are you going to DC on the 5th? Thanks to you we did.

We wish that we were able to arrange for busses from all over the state, but we just could not turn things around that fast.
You said "that’s ok we will get there no matter what” And you did!

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Wednesday, November 18th 2009
by Tom Doheny
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As the health care debate continues to boil in Congress, lawmakers desperate to force through this unprecedented legislation have tried to rush to passage. Getting something – anything – in place before the tide of public opposition makes its way to the voting booth is now the priority.

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