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Doc Sportello

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October 24, 2017

Question for Maine DUers

Is there any chance Collins could become an independent and vote to caucus with the Dems in 2019?

October 5, 2017

Insurance industry job losses from single payer not as large as you would expect

Plus Conyers' bill has a provision to help them transition. The overall numbers on how many workers lose or change jobs every year surprised me: 42 percent.
From the article: "Although it is hard to come up with a precise estimate, the likely number of jobs made redundant by the switch is a few hundred thousand over the course of a few years, in a country where 1.6 million people are dismissed from their jobs every single month."

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/09/single-payer-job-loss-bruenig

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