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Tag: public option

Health Care Reform: More Government is the Wrong Prescription

By Jay Riemersma, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 10:15:55 PM EST
Tags: health are, public option, Republicans, Congress, Jay Riemermsa, liberty, abortion, socialism, taxes (all tags)

I've never believed that problems largely created by the government will be remedied by more government. This is certainly true as it relates to health care reform. Unfortunately, more government is exactly what Congress and the Obama administration are prescribing.

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Peters Town Hall Short on Answers, Long on Rhetoric

By RWolfer2010, Section News
Posted on Wed Sep 02, 2009 at 01:37:46 AM EST
Tags: Congressman Gary Peters, Town Hall, Health Care Reform, ObamaCare, Public Option, HR 3200 (all tags)

After hearing about all of the ruckus that was taking place all across the country at town hall meetings, I read that Congressman Gary Peters was hosting one himself down in West Bloomfield and decided to head down to check it out for myself.

A little over an hour later, after weaving in and out of orange barrels and cones from federal stimulus projects, I arrived in West Bloomfield, where I watched would-be town hall attendees form a line that was reminiscent of the last time I waited to hop on Cedar Point's Millennium Force. But only 800 of the literally thousands that showed up would be allowed to participate in what both local Republicans and Democrats promised would be another rancorous battle in the war over health care reform (read more).

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