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Old 10-06-09, 07:53 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by mookiemookie View Post
Dude, you said:

"If you think the insurance companies haven't poured millions of dollars into whipping up the masses against real health care reform, you're fooling yourself. "

The links you posted are mainly stories about the activism of private citizens, not company organized efforts.

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Dan Lucas, a database operations manager for Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon, said he got upset when he heard the White House demonize health plans as profit centers, when many, like his employer, are not-for-profit companies. He decided without coaching from AHIP or Regence Blue Cross to take that message to Rep. David Wu's (D., Ore.) town-hall meeting in...
Mr Lucas has a right to voice his opinion to his elected representative like anyone else. Although it seems inconvenient to the ruling party, Americans do not loose their right to free speech just because they have a personal stake in a particular political debate.
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