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	<title>USW Blog &#187; single-payer</title>
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		<title>AFL-CIO, NNU Back New Universal Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/13/afl-cio-nnu-back-new-universal-health-care-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim McDermott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer Last year, when Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, it was a “historic milestone on our path toward a more just society,” says AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker, “But we also know that much work is left to be done.” That work includes moving to a single-payer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the Health of the Nation: Ensure a Public Option</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/14/for-the-health-of-the-nation-ensure-a-public-option/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/14/for-the-health-of-the-nation-ensure-a-public-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard International President Just days ago, America celebrated her birthday with fireworks, spontaneous renditions of the Star Spangled Banner and chants of, &#8220;We&#8217;re Number One!&#8221; In a crucial area, health care, the chant is untrue. Many of us love the individual doctors who may have saved our lives or the lives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Policy That Dare Not Speak Its Name</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/29/the-policy-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/29/the-policy-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[from Robert Kuttner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Kuttner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only reader who noticed the juxtaposition of two front page stories in Sunday&#8217;s New York Times dealing with health care. The first article cited a new Times-CBS poll showing that 72 percent of Americans favored a government run health plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union Matters: What Must be Included in Health Care Reform Legislation?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/25/union-matters-what-must-be-included-in-health-care-reform-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/25/union-matters-what-must-be-included-in-health-care-reform-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUESTION:  &#8220;The U.S. House and Senate are completing drafts of health care reform legislation. President Barack Obama has said he wants Congress to pass the legislation so he can sign it this fall. What do you believe must be included in that legislation to resolve the health insurance crisis in the U.S.?&#8221; Real Public Option; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Health Care Policies Raise Questions</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/21/obamas-health-care-policies-raise-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/21/obamas-health-care-policies-raise-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[From Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Max Baucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single-payer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Sirota Author of &#8220;The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populists Revolt&#8221;  The most-stunning and least-reported news about President Obama&#8217;s press conference with health-industry executives this week wasn&#8217;t those executives&#8217; willingness to negotiate with a Democrat. It was that Democrat&#8217;s eagerness to involve those executives in a discussion about health-care reform even as [...]]]></description>
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