Open Congress : News Articles for S.703 American Health Security Act of 2009

My Turn: Still hope for true health care reform

2010-01-09T19:00:00Z

...2837, proposing to replace most of the Senate bill with language from his previous single-payer bill (Medicare for all) (S.703). The amendment was scheduled for a floor debate but was withdrawn after negligible Democratic support. I believe Vermonters s

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Letters to the Editor for Nov. 10

2009-11-09T19:00:00Z

...and efficient government programs,” wrote Bob Herbert in the Aug. 14 New York Times. He cited Sen. Bernie Sanders bill S.703, to increase funding from $2 billion to $8 billion in 2014, like Rep. Jim McDermott’s 2007 bill H.R. 1200. But if it was mor

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My Turn: A doctor's view on single-payer care

2009-06-12T20:00:00Z

...everyone to push for the passage of the single-payer bills H.100 and S.88 in Vermont, and also Sen. Sanders' bill -- S.703 -- at the federal level. Call or write your legislators today. Marvin Malek Byrne of Berlin is a general internist working in Barr

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