In an effort to begin to win him over to this issue, I just sent this link to my husband...

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http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Checking-In-With/Durenberger-1993-gop-bill-q-and-a.aspx

" The Democrats' 2010 Health Reform Plan Evokes 1993 Republican Bill

By Maggie Mertens

Feb 23, 2010

In 1993, at the height of President Bill Clinton's health care reform initiative, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., along with 19 other Republicans and two Democrats, put forth a bill which was considered the major GOP proposal. One of the co-sponsors was then-Sen. Dave Durenberger, R-Minn. The bill, just like the Democratic version, never passed. But in a sense, it's been revived this year.

In fact, the key provisions in the Chafee bill may seem familiar, as they bear a strong resemblance to those in the current Democratic Senate bill, and now in President Barack Obama's proposal. A mandate that individuals buy insurance, subsidies for the poor to buy insurance and the requirement that insurers offer a standard benefits package and refrain from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions were all in the 1993 GOP bill."

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You may not know this but my husband is a moderate but republican-voting independent in the biotech pharma industry. He's been out of a permanent job for over a year but does contract work for far less pay with no benefits (we pay for our own bare-bones plan). So his patience is wearing very thin with the conservative's way of solving current problems. Yet again, this morning we had another very animated discussion about the health care bill, as I'm sure that others are who have family members or SO's who are on opposing sides. Anyway, I'm convinced that this ONE ISSUE could be what finally wakes him up to the reality we live in today. Maybe this link and others like it will begin to do just that. Remember, I am trying to win him over and not just piss him off because other than this one thing he's a keeper. ;)