This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post.
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post:
Congressman Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) led a protest Monday outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, site of the 2009 national conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade group for the health insurance industry.
“We are not radicals! We are not a fringe element!” [...]
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/profile.html Meet Wendell Potter. Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years to become a health reform advocate. Check out Potters personal story here and tune in to Bill Moyers Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html [...]
In Glenside, PA, President Obama explains why health insurance reform is a necessity and calls on Congress to put aside politics and hold a final up or down vote on reform. March 8, 2010.
Duration : 0:37:13
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Gene Simmons of KISS discusses how he is helping people stay insured.
Duration : 0:5:39
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Why do presidents use so many pens to sign legislation? White House Staff Secretary Lisa Brown explains.
Duration : 0:2:43
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President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate’s health reform legislation.
Duration : 0:8:16
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President Obama shares the story of Natoma Canfield, a cancer survivor who had to drop her health insurance due to excessive rate hikes only to be diagnosed with leukemia, and tells the crowd in Strongsville, Ohio that cases like Natomas make it clear that the time is now for health insurance reform. March 15, [...]
President Obama raises the point that health reform will not only have long-term advantages for the country but will have immediate protections and benefits this year if passed by Congress.
Duration : 0:4:26
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VitalSpring Technologies Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu on the administrations plans to regulate private health insurance rates.
Duration : 0:2:15
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Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, (R-Mich), on why a bipartisan health-care reform meeting would do nothing to further the presidents plans.
Duration : 0:3:57
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