https://freerepublic.com/tag/statesenatedebate/ en-us Tue, 1 Sep 2009 01:22:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329070/posts The more things change, the more they stay the same. Back in 2004, Barack Obama was an Illinois State Senator, and an announced candidate for the US Senate. The future POTUS introduced a health care bill to revolutionize the health insurance industry in his state, kind of a proto-Obamacare bill. The Republican opposition realized the way the bill was written it was just a Trojan horse leading to a state-run insurance company that would put private insurers in Illinois out of business and eventually a single-payer system (sound familiar?) Just before the vote, Obama debated the bill with State Senator... Chicago Sun Times/The Lid https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329070/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 01:22:56 GMT