Good article from Nate Silver on the various threats to Health Care Reform from the Right and the Left. [...] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid managed to hold his caucus together in order to get the 60 votes necessary to simply open debate on the Senate version of the health care reform bill. Unfortunately, several of the “moderate” Democrats who got on board have already said they won’t accept a [...]
Big procedural test vote on health care reform today in the U.S. Senate. Here’s a message for them.
UPDATE: The Senate voted to cut off the Republican filibuster of its health care reform bill, 60-39. Now the real Senate debate begins.
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This afternoon, I received the following message from the RNC:
Subject: Your Call Can Make the Difference
** URGENT CALL TO ACTION **
After months working in secret behind closed doors, Harry Reid this week finally unveiled his 2,074-page government-run health care plan. His plan would increase health care premiums, [...]
A bit too little of time to blog today, but two "compare & contrast" arguments on health care reform that I'll suggest reading over the weekend:
» WaPo: Obamacare: Buy now, pay later (Robert Samuelson)
» WaPo: Health-care reform's grand bargain (Ezra Klein)
I can certainly appreciate Ezra's point about the' [...]
This morning I received the following electronic newsletter from Senator John Cornyn on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill.
Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074-page health care [...]
The sheer volume of the nutty screaming from the Right can obscure the rank hypocrisy of the GOP’s attacks on health care reform. So let’s clear up a few things.
Health care reform is about getting our neighbors better health care, reducing unnecessary suffering and early death. “Socialism!” [...]
As part of the health care reform package, the President cut a deal with drug makers for their cooperation. They agreed to voluntarily reduce prices. What wasn't specified was the start date and from what level they discounts would apply. It appears that they've decided to go ahead jack everything [...]
State Rep. John Zerwas demonstrates that being a physician doesn’t make you qualified to talk about health care reform. His article is as embarrassingly idea-free as his national colleagues’ plan was. After the usual paean to tort “reform” and invective about government employees getting between you and [...]
South Austin Community Acupuncture
In the halls of Congress, politicians debate health care reform as the American public waits anxiously and often skeptically to see how things turn out. In South Austin, the folks at South Austin Community Acupuncture are doing their part to bring [...]
Democratic health care reform--Obamacare, that is--in either its House or Senate form is unpopular both in general and in most of its particulars. Not only that, it's become ever more unpopular as Obama has drawn more public attention to it. Yet the operating assumption of the [...]
About The Health Care Reform Bill The US House of Representatives just asked women to take a sucker punch in the ovaries, "Sacrifice your fair access to LEGAL health care for the GREATER GOOD."
I think women have been sacrificing too much for too long for the greater good. Elected officials -- put in office, by [...]
It’s been another one of those weeks where I get caught up with my life. Most notably, West Texas Comic Con came and went and was a great success.
In the meantime, some nut shot up Fort Hood, health care reform passed the House, and another crooked Republican [...]
Within minutes of Saturday’s historic House vote on health care reform, Republicans pronounced the political death of Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.), pointing to the vulnerable freshman congressman’s vote in favor of the bill.
And in the aftermath of the politically charged vote, Perriello wasn’t [...]
