"By just taking healthcare away from 35 million people, we could lower premiums and provide less coverage for 750,000 people! It's a win-win!" Satan smirked, doing his Martin Shkreli impersonation.
"By removing the need for doctors to be licensed, we could get all kinds of new and exciting approaches in medicine! Why not let a barista do liposuction? A jackhammer operator give a colonoscopy? Or a clown be a brain surgeon?"
Yipe! An article on the AP this morning should cause any supporter of a public plan and those anticipating that Pres. Obama would come out strong for it in his speech to Congress, some pause and concern:
White House: public...
The CBO is estimating that 2/3 of the U.S. population will have a Public Option available in their state, according to the Senate bill.
Unless I'm reading this breaking news wrong, this does not mean the Public Option will be...
You know how you can "smell" rain when it's about to fall? It is completely premature but I can "feel" history coming on Sunday.
Oddly, that doesn't diminish how anxious I am for it to be tomorrow at 2 pm...
Again we have another faux member of the Democratic coalition (Senator Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn.)), today claiming Congress should not use budget reconciliation for universal healthcare reform. Well that is flat out BS perpetrated by Republicans and conservative...
By Orac, Respectful Insolence
Not long ago, I wrote a post warning about how funding for non-science-based modalities and, indeed, modalities that are purely religion-based, have found their way into various versions of health care reform bills that are currently...
An analysis of the "SHOCKING Planned Parenthood" Videotapes reveals that GOP legislatures are once again action on unsupported claims and falsified information.
Just last November, pundits were saying that Obamacare's troubled rollout doomed it to failure and Chris Christie was so nationally popular, he was the odds on favorite to win the GOP Presidential primary and perhaps the White House.
Single payer seems dead legislatively in California, not just as a bill but as an issue. It died not due to insurance industry opposition but due to the outrageous bullying tactics of its supporters. Nice job, BullyProgs.
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