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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 20)

14 August 429820 Comments2009-08-14+08%3A00%3A49kbh

How many uninsured need additional help? Conclusion.

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 19)

14 August 42962 Comments2009-08-14+06%3A00%3A27kbh

Budgetary offsets and a tax increase proposal rejected months ago by Congress

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 18)

13 August 42933 Comments2009-08-14+03%3A59%3A04kbh

The President understates the annual cost of new health care spending by a factor of two.

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 17)

13 August 42878 Comments2009-08-14+02%3A00%3A48kbh

The President criticizes the U.S. Postal Service and undermines the case for more government involvement in health care.

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 15)

13 August 42825 Comments2009-08-13+22%3A00%3A22kbh

The President’s views on single-payer health care

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 14)

13 August 42801 Comment2009-08-13+20%3A00%3A54kbh

So much for the pharmaceutical industry’s deal with the White House…

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 11)

13 August 42737 Comments2009-08-13+14%3A00%3A21kbh

The President delivered two different messages on the public option and a level playing field.

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 10)

13 August 42702 Comments2009-08-13+12%3A00%3A42kbh

Even if the public option drops out of legislation, other parts of these bills would put private insurance under government control.

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 7)

13 August 426411 Comments2009-08-13+06%3A00%3A34kbh

AARP opposes the bills

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Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 6)

12 August 42618 Comments2009-08-13+03%3A59%3A42kbh

Increasing budget deficits

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