Patient Power

Joe Lieberman on the public health plan

“It doesn’t help one poor person get insurance who doesn’t have it now. It doesn’t compel one insurance company to provide insurance to somebody who has an illness.  And . . . it doesn’t do anything to reduce the cost of insurance.” — Joe Lieberman, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 5 2009

This means a lot coming from a former Democratic Party vice presidential nominee.

(Via Scott Harrington)

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