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Indeed, Republicans have a long history of opposing Medicare and demonizing health care reform as a socialistic government-takeover of health care — regardless of the actual proposal.
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A so-called “government-takeover” may be a personal ideological crusade for AFP — whose founders also established the conservative CATO organization — and its AstroTurf movement of corporate clients, but most Americans support greater government involvement in the health care system.
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On the second floor of the Lexington Medical Center here, Burrell Best, 37, an electrical engineer, and his wife celebrated the birth of their second daughter and voiced fear about the government-run health-care plan being pushed by leading congressional Democrats: "I've just never been a government-takeover kind of guy."
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But his approach — which is based on the idea that “less intensive, less invasive — and less expensive — healthcare can sometimes be more effective than the most aggressive care” — is nothing like the one-size-fits all government-takeover caricature.
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A so-called “government-takeover” may be a personal ideological crusade for AFP — whose founders also established the conservative CATO organization — and its AstroTurf movement of corporate clients, but most Americans support greater government involvement in the health care system.
Wonk Room 2009
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Today, talk of “government-takeover” conjures up images of health care rationing in Great Britain or Canada.
Wonk Room » GOP Health Care Plan: Medicare Is Run With ‘The Incompetence Of Katrina’ 2009
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Is this the strategy Democrats had in mind when they promised to galvanize public opinion regarding their unpopular massive government-takeover of health care?
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For Kyl, fear mongering about the consequences of government-takeover of health care or medical research is a part time job.
Wonk Room » GOP Introduces Bill To Derail Comparative Effectiveness Research 2009
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"It became about this massive government-takeover of the health care industry," she said of health care reform.
Christine O'Donnell's 30-Minute Campaign Ad Crisis, Claims Delaware Station Forgets To Air It (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Of all the framing narratives of the Right, none has been more tenacious than the repetition that healthcare reform constitutes a "government-takeover" of the system.
We the People 2010
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