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Momentum is building. Strong health care legislation with a public plan option passed two House committees and the Senate's health committee. And polling continues to show wide support for the main provisions in those bills.

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MedPAC Debunks Cost-Shifting Claims of Hospital, Insurance Industries

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July 4, 2009

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[HCIP] HELP health plan, Reform without public plan, Urban Institute report

By Alex Lawson
July 3, 2009

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Health-Care Market Characterized By Consolidation, Not Competition

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June 30th, 2009

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — As Congress gets set to take up health-care reform, there's a crucial piece of data that hasn't received nearly the prominence in the debate that it deserves.

Defenders of the status quo on health care like to point out that a public option will destroy the system of robust free-market competition that currently exists.

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), speaking earlier this month on Fox News, called President Obama's plan the "first step in destroying the best health care system the world has ever known." A public option, Shelby added, would "destroy the marketplace for health care."

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Health Insurance Coverage Keeps Shrinking as Premiums, Family Costs Climb Ever Higher

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June 20, 2009
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The insurance industry shouldn't get between you and your doctor

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Produced by Health Care for America Now
May 12, 2009

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the nation’s largest health care campaign – debuted a new TV ad in six key states today emphasizing the need for a public health insurance option in health care reform and asking nine specific Senators to support that choice: Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator Blanche Li more »

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Public Health Insurance Page

March 31, 2009
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