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	<title>Ron Amundson's Political Blog</title>
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	<description>an ex-Republicans View of the World, and his campaign efforts</description>
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		<title>Why the US needs Health Insurers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US needs health insurers, no matter their looter functionality, as they are typically the first in a chain of looters, with the chain encompassing Wall Street, Uncle Sam, and hospital administration, all the way to the receptionist at the local insurance agents office. Not one of the looter functions is productive in regards to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2010/03/04/why-the-us-needs-health-insurers/</link>
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		<title>Bipartisan??? Hmmmm on GAMC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Only 9 folks voted against restoring GAMC&#8230; my cynical, but also practical nature suggests the only reason Republicans voted for it, as they knew it would be vetoed. Of course, the truth will come out when it comes to the override vote. Of course, I could be wrong.
Its not a simple call by any means. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2010/02/18/bipartisan-hmmmm-on-gmac/</link>
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		<title>Goldman gets Vaccine Ahead of Hospitals???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Week broke a story on Wall Street getting dibs on H1N1 Vaccine this week. It was also covered on the Today Show this morning, albeit with a slightly different spin. The Business Week article suggested that Wall Street firms were getting their vaccine only for high risk individuals per CDC guidance, which the Today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/11/05/goldman-gets-vaccine-ahead-of-hospitals/</link>
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		<title>Pawlenty&#8217;s Health Care Proposals, Will they Tick off his Party?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading the media reports on this, it seems pretty lame, and yet another gift to the insurance industry at a cost to taxpayers and consumers. However, upon reading the actual proposals, if implemented correctly, some of these concepts might actually work to the benefit of the consumer and the taxpayer. The devil is in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/10/13/pawlentys-health-care-proposals-will-they-tick-off-his-party/</link>
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		<title>Somebody must pay, there are no free lunches #hcr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its interesting to note that so many folks on both sides of the issue of healthcare reform think its free. Democrats think that preventative care will save money, and reductions of waste will fund healthcare for all. Republicans don&#8217;t want higher taxes, don&#8217;t want illegal immigrants covered, and think insurance companies should be deregulated. Everyone, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/10/03/somebody-must-pay-there-are-no-free-lunches-hcr/</link>
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		<title>Good Old Boys must not Suffer Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems with health care costs, is regulation which protects monopolies , ie the good old boys must not be subject to competition. An $8000 medical device maker cannot compete with a $150 Iphone and custom software. I sort of like this quote “We look at determining the effectiveness of the technology — [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/09/20/good-old-boys-must-not-suffer-competition/</link>
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		<title>Get Real, We have Death Panels Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Argh&#8230;on the whole death panel thing. Guess what, we already have them. Nearly every time an insurance companies denies life saving treatment, people die sooner than they would have they been given care. Nearly every time congress roles back Medicare funding, care is rationed to someone, and people die. Nearly every day changes to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/09/19/get-real-we-have-death-panels-now/</link>
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		<title>When a Business Model is no Longer Sustainable&#8230; Whine to Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, at one time there must&#8217;ve been dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I&#8217;ll bet the last company around was the one that made the best goddamn buggy whip you ever saw. Now how would you have liked to have been a stockholder in that company? You invested in a business and this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/09/17/when-a-business-model-is-no-longer-sustainable-whine-to-congress/</link>
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		<title>Deregulate Healthcare, Follow the Airlines?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting thought&#8230; influenced greatly by Dr Laffer&#8217;s paper. What if the entire medical sector, pharma, hospitals, insurance, and other providers were to be de-regulated, and truly operate on a much more free market basis. Ie, only the bare minimums as concerns safety and contract law were left in place, could this work? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/08/15/deregulate-healthcare-follow-the-airlines/</link>
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		<title>Liberal and Conservative Values in the Health Care Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why all the outrage? Do some not see the problem with the status quo, and the major crash and burn we are looking towards? Short of the most isolated individual, I dont see how anyone can view todays practices as sustainable.
I think what it comes down to is morality. Even the folks who say ethics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2009/08/14/liberal-and-conservative-values-in-the-health-care-debate/</link>
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