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In 2010:

Congresswoman Barbara Lee and David Sirota on the health care bill

Sirota this is a telling indictment of the health care law itself, strongly suggesting that it was constructed by the Obama administration – as some progressives argued – as a massive taxpayer-financed giveaway to private insurers like Wellpoint.

Congresswoman Lee: our vote tonight carries significance similar to the passage of the Civil Rights Act in that it fulfills a dream that has been elusive for far too long and for far too many Americans. “This bill is a victory not only for our constituents, but for all Americans because it will make us a stronger and healthier nation.[..] “By passing this ground breaking legislation, we have finally given the power back to the people. No longer will the insurance companies have a strangle hold on the American people and their health care.

And this week from DailyKos:

It’s hard to overstate the significance of California, which has 7.1 million uninsured residents, the most in any state, coming in with such reasonable numbers. Like Oregon before it, where insurers actually asked to revise their proposed rates downward when they saw they were overpriced, competition is actually going to work to drive rates downward in California. That means that this whole complex system could very well work, and work well. Which puts the country one step closer to the next stage in health care reform.