{"id":679,"date":"2009-01-28T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2009-01-28T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T16:55:00","slug":"dodd-hears-anger-frustration-at-meeting-on-health-care-courant-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Dodd Hears Anger, Frustration At Meeting On Health Care — Courant.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodd Hears Anger, Frustration At Meeting On Health Care — Courant.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“On the first day of a listening tour on health care, an issue pivotal to the new Congress and his own re-election, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd got an earful Friday.<\/p>\n

The first comment came from a furious homeless shelter manager: He and his clients have no coverage, yet insurance giant American International Group got an $85 billion federal loan.<\/p>\n

Over 90 minutes, the Democratic senator heard from a string of constituents, who waved their hands, hoping for a chance to describe a struggle to hang onto middle-class lives after losing jobs and affordable health care. A few were angry, others just scared.<\/p>\n

On the way out, Dodd embraced one woman who burst into tears as she described losing health coverage for her disabled 2-year-old. Dodd held her until she stopped sobbing.”
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“Dodd said during his introduction that he was seeking reforms that provided universal coverage, cut costs and prevented disease. In an interview later, he made clear another condition:<\/p>\n

“Not putting the insurance industry out of business.<\/p>\n

” ‘I hear people talking about a single-payer plan and the like,” Dodd said. “That isn’t going to happen. It’s going to be a combination of public, private.’ “<\/p>\n

Unless, as MLK did for LBJ, we make it impossible for them NOT to do it!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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