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U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies, urging them to forgo short-term profits to make coverage more affordable and to stop fighting the Obama administration's reform effort.
She told a health insurance industry group that costs and premiums would rise to unsustainable levels and more Americans and businesses would drop coverage if the Democratic-written overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare system were killed.
In their latest push to get a final healthcare reform bill through Congress, Obama and his fellow Democrats have leveled sharp criticisms at the industry, saying it was putting profits ahead of patients.
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here * House Energy and Commerce Committee
energycommerce.house.gov/ * Senate Finance Committee
here * Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
help.senate.gov/ * For an Insider TV report on the impact of healthcare reform
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jjauregui wrote:
If you are wondering about the contents of the National Health Care bill, then wonder no more. Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To
Now I understand how the Jews felt when their train opened it’s doors at Auschwitz.
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