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Sun, 06/14/2009 - 1:38pm — DCblogger

Rangel: Health-Care Reform Needs $600 Million in New Taxes and Will Cost $1 Trillion

Now more than ever it is necessary to write letters to the editor and alert the public that this money is not to expand access to health care, it is to subsidise the failing business model of health insurance parasites.

HR 676, Medicare for All would save us $350 BILLION a year. Never let anyone forget that. The proposed new taxes are not for sick people, they are for parasites.

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Financing health care reform -- The Facts

By healthforall on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 6:05pm

Thank you DCblogger for bringing this to our attention. You are right on--we must alert the public everywhere.

Quick information to disseminate:

A new study shows that SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE REFORM WOULD BE A MAJOR STIMULUS FOR THE US ECONOMY and would provide:

** 2.6 Million New Jobs,
** $317 Billion in Business Revenue,
** $100 Billion in Wages, and
** $44 Billion New Tax Revenues

The press release is here: http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/pr...

Here’s the study: http://www.calnurses.org/research/pdfs/i...

YouTube clip (5 minutes) about how to pay for healthcare reform “HR676 - The Single Payer Solution, Part 4 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxi7DnCH3zk It’s about public financing and private delivery.

Additional information and comments: http://www.care2.com/news/member/4349962...

It’s clear that single-payer is the solution, not only in terms of providing quality care for all, but also economically!

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Thanks!

By splashy9 on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 1:53pm

I'm going to spread that around wherever I can.

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot." - Albert Einstein

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