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  • Weiner's outspoken support for a government-run program for everyone known as a "single-payer" plan and later a "public option" to compete with private health insurance made him a liberal icon even though both proposals failed to make it into law.

    Ambitious Weiner sees media strategy backfire 2011

  • The debate centers on whether government should provide universal health insurance for all called a single-payer system; employers should offer insurance as a benefit, with private insurance companies continuing to manage the cost of care through market-based competition; or individuals should be left to choose their own health care and insurance and bear most of the burden of paying for it themselves.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • The debate centers on whether government should provide universal health insurance for all called a single-payer system; employers should offer insurance as a benefit, with private insurance companies continuing to manage the cost of care through market-based competition; or individuals should be left to choose their own health care and insurance and bear most of the burden of paying for it themselves.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • The debate centers on whether government should provide universal health insurance for all called a single-payer system; employers should offer insurance as a benefit, with private insurance companies continuing to manage the cost of care through market-based competition; or individuals should be left to choose their own health care and insurance and bear most of the burden of paying for it themselves.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • The debate centers on whether government should provide universal health insurance for all called a single-payer system; employers should offer insurance as a benefit, with private insurance companies continuing to manage the cost of care through market-based competition; or individuals should be left to choose their own health care and insurance and bear most of the burden of paying for it themselves.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

  • Weiner's outspoken support for a government-run program for everyone known as a "single-payer" plan and later a "public option" to compete with private health insurance made him a liberal icon even though both proposals failed to make it into law.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Weiner's outspoken support for a government-run program for everyone known as a "single-payer" plan and later a "public option" to compete with private health insurance made him a liberal icon even though both proposals failed to make it into law.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Weiner's outspoken support for a government-run program for everyone known as a "single-payer" plan and later a "public option" to compete with private health insurance made him a liberal icon even though both proposals failed to make it into law.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Weiner's outspoken support for a government-run program for everyone known as a "single-payer" plan and later a "public option" to compete with private health insurance made him a liberal icon even though both proposals failed to make it into law.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Against imf and world bank but for single-payer, if it weren't for the single-payer healthcare, I'd link you to an anarchist group so you could join.

    Telephone Fraud from Deeds Campaign 2009

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