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Podcast: Kevin and David on 9/11, Health Care, and the GOP
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If you're not yet a subscriber to MoJo's Kevin Drum and David Corn political week-in-review podcasts, the one below might change that. This week: Kevin and David bat around Obama's speech timing, Joe Wilson, and the weirdest thing about Twitter. Plus: David doesn't really like to talk about the truthers, which makes his latest take on Van Jones and 9/11 conspiracies all the more interesting. And is that a dog in the background chez Kevin? Give a listen: Kevin and David's 9/11 Week-in-Review podcast.
Laura McClure hosts weekly podcasts and is a writer and editor for Mother Jones. Read her recent investigative feature on lifehacking gurus here.
The Public Option would save $224 TO $400 bILLION
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GET THE FACTS BEHIND THE NEWS A look at insurance state by state shows that in most states one or two companies have about 80% of the healthcare insurance business. Pres Obrama mentioned that in Alabama one company has 90% of the business. In Maine Sen Snow's state Wellpoint has 71% of the insurance healthcare business etc.
We need a public option to give insurance buyers more choice and provide a lowcost option FOR PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS.
The URBAN INSTITUTE Public Policy Institute estimated that a public option would save the taxpayers $224 to 400 Billion over a period of 10 years by lowering the the cost of proposed subsidies for the uninsured. More to come.
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