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As congressional Republicans continue to warn that the Democrats’ health reform plans would “put government bureaucrats between you and your doctor,” Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is planning an examination of the bureaucrats who are there now: the private insurers.
In two hearings scheduled for next week, Kucinich, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform [...]

For anyone wondering if Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) is in his right mind challenging Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, for the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, there is this bit of history:
After being elected to his third term in Congress in 1978, Waxman took on Rep. Richardson Preyer [...]