Health Care Reform One-Year Anniversary Live Chat

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Tuesday March 22, 2011 · 6:51 PM PDT

2011/03/22 · 18:51

One year ago Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed historic health care reform into law. But, the conversation continues today. Republicans are trying to dismantle and defund the law at every turn, while many Democrats are choosing to hide under their desks rather than tackle the debate head on.

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of this important legislation, I will hold a live chat to answer your questions tomorrow.

Health care reform has already brought numerous benefits to Americans, from the elimination of copayments for preventive screenings, to stopping insurance companies from dropping customers for “pre-existing conditions.” And, this law will do even more in the years ahead.

Republicans who want to “repeal and replace” can bring it on. This is a fight worth having and fight Democrats should want.

So, I hope you'll join me to discuss health care tomorrow, March 23rd, at 4:30 PM. I'll try to respond to as many questions or comments as possible, so feel free to post yours in advance.

-Anthony

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Friday March 11, 2011 · 4:06 PM PST

2011/03/11 · 16:06

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from any deliberations related to health care reform.

That’s what my colleagues and I, along with 300,000 supporters, have been
saying for a month and counting now.

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Thursday February 10, 2011 · 10:20 AM PST

2011/02/10 · 10:20

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself immediately from any cases regarding the constitutionality of the health care reform law.

The Thomas household has profited from opposition to health care reform. His wife has already taken nearly $700,000 from health care opponents and now openly advertises herself as a crack lobbyist with the "experience and connections" to overturn the law of the land.

Yesterday, 75 of my House colleagues sent a letter to Justice Thomas calling on him to recuse himself from deliberations related to health care. Now I need your help to show Justice Thomas that we won't accept a biased Supreme Court.

Tell Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any cases regarding the constitutionality of the health care reform law. Go to ConflictedClarenceThomas.com and co-sign our letter.

Next week, I'll hand deliver your signatures to the Supreme Court to make sure Justice Thomas knows where you stand on maintaining impartiality in our nation's highest court.

Stand with me today.

Anthony

PS - Full text of our letter to Justice Thomas after the jump.

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Thursday October 28, 2010 · 12:01 PM PDT

2010/10/28 · 12:01

Note: I'll be joining the conversation in the comments for the next half hour. Let me know if you have something on your mind.

No one said it was going to be easy to keep Congress out of Republican hands on November 2.

They're spending millions in special interest money. They've got a 24/7 in free advertisement on Fox News. They've pulled out all the stops to try and undo all the work we've put in the last two years.

In fact, it kind of reminds me of the health care fight. We had all the facts on our side. We had a majority in both houses of Congress. Still, they sincerely believed that hundreds of millions in TV ads and lobbying could stop us.

But we refused to yield. And, thanks to all of you, we prevailed.

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 7:14 AM PDT

2010/03/22 · 07:14

This is the beginning of the end.

After a year of debate, we finally passed the Senate health care bill - along with a package of important improvements - in the House of Representatives.

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 9:08 AM PDT

2010/03/19 · 09:08

Health care opponents don’t have any more excuses.

Yesterday’s Congressional Budget Office "score" shows the health care bill would be even better than expected at reducing the deficit. If you’re serious about cutting spending, you have to be supporting this bill.

Sometimes it feels more like we're playing a game of "Health Care Chutes and Ladders" – climbing forward one day, slipping back the next – but we're getting near the top of the board.

anthonyweiner

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Tuesday March 09, 2010 · 3:00 PM PST

2010/03/09 · 15:00

Socialist. Death panels. Downright evil. Those are just some of the talking points Sarah Palin uses to describe the Democrat's health care plan. Well, I wonder if she was quite so outspoken when she was in Canada receiving medical attention?

She said that her family used to go to Canada to get medical care when she was growing up. And she admitted that she found that "kind of ironic now". Well, it's more than ironic, it's downright hypocritical.

It's time we stop letting Republican propaganda define our health care policy.

Click here to stand up for the public option by signing our petition. Everyone deserves a chance for better health care, like Sarah Palin received as a child.

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 12:55 PM PST

2010/03/01 · 12:55

I said it on Wednesday, and I'll say it again: the Republicans really are just a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry.

Thursday's summit proved it: They want to destroy Medicare, shovel money to insurance companies, and screw over the American people.

First we let the Gang of Six make the rules, then we let Olympia Snowe and Joe Lieberman have their turn. It got us nothing!

We need to let the majority make the rules. The public option passed in the House and it's time to force a vote in the Senate.

I liveblogged the summit at Daily Kos to make sure a strong pro-public-option voice was heard. Thousands of netroots activists joined my call to action and I want to thank everyone who took part.

Click here to read my liveblog of Thursday's health care summit. Don't tell John Boehner what I wrote about him.

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Thursday February 25, 2010 · 9:34 AM PST

2010/02/25 · 09:34

I'm not at the health care summit today, but I still have a TV.

So I'm live-blogging all day here on Daily Kos.

Be sure to check out my previous updates and a terrific discussion in the comments at the original thread.

New updates after the jump.

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Thursday February 25, 2010 · 7:09 AM PST

2010/02/25 · 07:09

Update 12:37 PM - Moving my new updates to a new thread here.

Republicans are wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry. That's
what I said yesterday on the House floor.

Today is their big day to prove me wrong, but I'm getting ready for reruns
of the worst show in town.

Republicans will spend today's health care summit ranting and raving. We'll
make concessions, but in the end we won't win a single Republican vote.

It's no surprise that the list of participants for today's bipartisan health
care summit didn't include my name or any other advocate for single-payer
health care.

It's too bad we won't get to hear Republicans squeal like they did yesterday
when they asked me to take my comment back.

But I still have a TV and a laptop. Just because we won't be in the room,
doesn't mean that those of us who want real health care reform can't make
our voices heard.

anthonyweiner

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Wednesday February 24, 2010 · 2:35 PM PST

2010/02/24 · 14:35

"The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of the insurance industry."

That's what I said on the House floor this afternoon.

The Republicans squealed like pigs and immediately demanded that my words be "taken down" as they say in the House. But they can't say it's not true.

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