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  2. Operation Coffee Cup - Wikipedia

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    The cover of Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine. Operation Coffee Cup was a campaign conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) during the late 1950s and early 1960s in opposition to the Democrats' plans to extend Social Security to include health insurance for the elderly, later known as Medicare.

  3. 1985 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1985 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on February 6, 1985 — Reagan’s 74th birthday — at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 99th United States Congress.

  4. Socialized medicine - Wikipedia

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    When the term "socialized medicine" first appeared in the United States in the early 20th century, it bore no negative connotations. Otto P. Geier, chairman of the Preventive Medicine Section of the American Medical Association, was quoted in The New York Times in 1917 as praising socialized medicine as a way to "discover disease in its incipiency", help end "venereal diseases, alcoholism ...

  5. The Free Market Cure - Wikipedia

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    The Free Market Cure is a series of four short documentary films, each of which tells a separate story about the failure of socialized medicine in each of the subjects' lives. The films focus on the " single-payer " system as seen in Canada , the likes of which have been advocated by other filmmakers, such as Michael Moore in his film Sicko .

  6. Health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration

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    There were a number of different health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration.Key reforms address cost and coverage and include obesity, prevention and treatment of chronic conditions, defensive medicine or tort reform, incentives that reward more care instead of better care, redundant payment systems, tax policy, rationing, a shortage of doctors and nurses, intervention vs ...

  7. List of The Colbert Report episodes (2009) - Wikipedia

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    That's what you get with Obama's socialized medicine. This is The Colbert Report." April 02: 5044: 536 "None" Tom Brokaw, Rich Lowry "It's April 6th: only nine more days to hide your assets offshore. This is The Colbert Report." April 06: 5045: 537 "Morally Bankrupt" H.M. Queen Noor of Jordan "Vermont just legalized gay marriage.

  8. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Opponents, especially the AMA and insurance companies, opposed the Johnson administration's proposal on the grounds that it was compulsory, it represented socialized medicine, it would reduce the quality of care, and it was 'un-American.'" [8] These views notwithstanding, the Medicare program was established when the Social Security Amendments ...

  9. List of The Colbert Report episodes (2007) - Wikipedia

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    Stephen calls Barack Obama a liar, for telling the truth about the false claims on him. ThreatDown Segment: No.4 was Michael Moore's upcoming movie "Sicko" for attempting to bring socialized medicine to the U.S. And No.1 was environmentalists for trying to establish trust funds for grey wolves and bears.