From one of the smartest men ever to serve in government, here is Robert Reich's take on the state of the health care reform bills now being fought over in Congress. The entire article is well worth reading:
But even the House's shrunken and costly little public option is too [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A procedural vote to bring health care reform legislation to the Senate floor for debate — the first test vote on such legislation in that body — passed Saturday by the [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 20.
1. Jon Walker asks, "Is Harry Reid Laying The Ground Work To Betray Progressives For Snowe's Vote?" In the end, Walker concludes, "Reid does have the power to get a public option passed, there is" [...]
Minnesota Speaker of the House and DFL gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher has collected another union endorsement, this time from the American Federation of State, County and Muncipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 65, which represents 13,000 employees in greater Minnesota.
"Our members worry about how to pay for health care or whether [...]
Lois will be answering questions addressed to her here about health care reform on Saturday, 11/21, between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
As a child growing up in Marshall, Minn., I had asthma. My father, a Lutheran minister, had a family health insurance plan that, though it had [...]
The National Cooperative Business Association has sent an advisory to co-ops that the most recent health care bill outlined by Senate Democrats still use the word CO-OP for possible new health insurance companies. Hold on a minute, says the NCBA.
The Senate language refers to “Consumer Operated [...]
From Citizen's Council on Health Care:
ALERT - ObamaCare Debate Friday with Vote on Saturday
Call Tomorrow by 5:00 p.m. EST! (try Saturday too in case they answer)
DIRECT Phone and Fax Numbers for Congress
U.S. Capitol Switchboard - 202-224-3121 - Toll-free numbers
11/19/09 email from U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell's office [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thursday, November 19.
1. Jon Walker lays out "eight things wrong with the Senate health care bill," beginning with "Delays Start Until 2014" and including "Nationwide Plans Gutting State Regulation." Definitely a few things that need to be [...]
MAK gets her 2nd union endorsement.
Minnesota 2020's Hindsight blog looks at Minnesota's slipping public health ranking.
The Minnesota Independent looks at the Medicaid crisis the health care bill could be creating.
Check out Polinaut for where the candidates for Governor have been this [...]
I urge my fellow Minnesotans to call Senators Klobuchar & Franken to get them to actually read Harry Reid's Senate Health Care bill before they will vote on it. The bill is almost 2100 pages long now. Of course freedom loving' [...]
I urge my fellow Minnesotans to call Senators Klobuchar & Franken to get them to actually read Harry Reid’s Senate Health Care bill before they will vote on it. The bill is almost 2100 pages long now. Of course freedom loving [...]
cspan.orgSens. Al Franken and Harry Reid at Wednesday's news conference.
Klobuchar, Franken praise Senate health care bill
By Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes | Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A health care bill before [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Wednesday, November 18.
1. Jane Hamsher reports that voting is now open for the Public Option Please (POP) art contest. There are six finalists, vote now!
2. Jon Walker writes that "it seems [Senator Thomas] Carper" [...]
More than a hundred people rallied outside of Hennepin County Medical Center against Gov. Pawlenty's elimination of General Assistance Medical Care. The cut doesn't hit until March and the state has started moving patients onto MNCare. But that may not be a good fit [...]
Sen. Jim Demint’s op-ed at RedState is today’s must reading. Here’s the important part of Sen. Demint’s op-ed:
Yesterday, Democrat leaders announced they may soon bring Harry Reid’s new health care bill to the Senate floor in an effort to grant the President’s wish for a government takeover of our [...]
Sen. Jim Demint's op-ed at RedState is today's must reading. Here's the important part of Sen. Demint's op-ed:
Yesterday, Democrat leaders announced they may soon bring Harry Reid's new health care bill to the Senate floor in an effort to grant the President's wish for a government takeover of our [...]
The America’s Health Rankings report from the United Health Foundation was just released, and they found [PDF] that Minnesota, once a leader in health care is now 6th in the country. Here is the kicker though, the way things are going, it is unlikely [...]
