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August 8, 2009

Why a Doctor in Congress has no Medical Insurance

By Jill Lawrence

"I am literally naked, without coverage," Kagen said. "That gives me a lot of motivation to solve this problem. If everyone in Congress relinquished coverage, we'd get real progress in weeks." (Send this on to your Congresscritters and suggest they do the same! )

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"I am literally naked, without coverage," Congressman Steve Kagen said. "That gives me a lot of motivation to solve this problem. If everyone in Congress relinquished coverage, we'd get real progress in weeks."
 
(Send this on to your Congresscritters and suggest they do the same! )
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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/05/why-a-doctor-in-congress-has-no-health-insurance/



Submitter: Bia Winter

Submitters Website: www.BiaWinterArt.com

Submitters Bio:
Bia Winter is an Artist/Writer from Maine, and has been an activist and letter-writer since the 60's. In 2004 she received the Roger Baldwin Award from the Maine American Civil Liberties Union for furthering Democracy after she got a Resolution Against the USA"Patriot"Act passed in her small home town in Maine, by overwhelming show-of-hands vote at Town Meeting. She continues to Write, Activate and Cartoon for Progressive causes. Her Letters are often seen in the Baltimore Chronicle, as well as local papers in Maine.
Her favorite "hobbies" are gardening and cooking, and rockin' out with the "Burnin'Band".

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