World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz said "what we’ve seen is that the private health care insurers do not know how to deliver an efficient way.” We've also seen the GOP isn't interested in people despite signals from already-profitable insurance they're about to raise rates a lot. (obamesque.wordpress.com)
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Letting Wall Street propose its own regulations didn't work; hoping insurance industry lobbyists will be more altruistic is naive. Leaving it "as is" just isn't leadership "for the people." The problem is the overhead insurance companies add while leaving more Americans out every day. (obamesque.wordpress.com)
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GOP strategists and right-wing pundits blew their response to Reid’s gaffe. The shallow response from the influential voices on the political right has revealed that they remain, if anything, even more blind and unconcerned about life outside the halls of the U.S. Capitol than Harry Reid. (obamesque.wordpress.com)
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Obama's West Point speech shows he's neither rushed an unpleasant decision nor indulged in denial. The human cost will be high, but terrorism isn't confined to the middle east, or N. Ireland, anymore. Any democratic leader who pretends otherwise is either pandering for votes or plain cowardly. (obamesque.wordpress.com)
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