06/01/2009
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"To me, this bill is one small step we can take to send a very loud signal to the medical insurance industry that times have got to change."
"My bottom-line belief is that the health care medical insurance industry should be nonprofit in the United States."
"When Senator Dianne Feinstein...expressed misgivings about how expanding Medicaid would affect California's budget, Ms. DeParle gathered some charts and dropped by [the Senator's home] on a Saturday."
"Your legislation will provide much needed relief in the form of a flexible and useful tool that will allow water to be transferred from willing parties to those in need within the CVP."