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‘With Great Personal Offense,’ Dingell Takes on GOP Over Mammogram Guidelines

By | 12.03.09 | 2:15 pm

There have been no lack of Republican accusations that new mammogram guidelines — crafted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — represent the first phase in the Democrats’ plot to rein in health costs by rationing care. (Nevermind that the task force is an independent More…

Note to the GOP: Insurers Currently Ration Care

By | 09.10.09 | 12:27 pm

As lawmakers continue to weigh in on last night’s health reform speech from President Obama, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House minority whip, went on “Good Morning America” today with one of the more common GOP criticisms. Obama, Cantor said, wasn’t specific enough about his plans to convince Republicans that More…

RNC Ad: We’ll Ban Rationing!

By | 09.01.09 | 8:54 am

The Republican National Committee is out with a TV ad running in Florida and “select national cable networks,” and it’s the kind of thing that Republicans might have expected when they gave the telegenic Michael Steele the chairmanship of the party.

RNC: Our Survey Was ‘Inartfully Worded’

By | 08.27.09 | 1:17 pm

Glenn Thrush gets the Republican National Committee, via spokeswoman Katie Wright, to walk a few steps back from the health care survey that suggested Democrats might deny care to registered Republicans.

Although the question was inartfully worded, Americans have reason to be concerned about the failure of the

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RNC Mail Suggests Republicans Could Be Discriminated Against, Lose Their Health Care

By | 08.27.09 | 9:49 am

UPDATE: The survey is here.

Kathie Durbin reports on the “2009 Future of American Health Survey” sent out by the Republican National Committee. It’s this part of the survey that’s raising eyebrows:

It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person’s political

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