We now have what amounts to another debate on HCR and we need to be better prepared for it this time.
Let’s make this argument be based on facts and reality.
Dazed, I turned only to see said chorus approaching, grinning, with one of them rapping the words "Slam Slam Cinderella.” To add to the surreal quality of the event: I didn't feel humiliated.
Yesterday morning, I opened my copy of The Guardian to learn that various tranches and services of the British National Health Service were being outsourced to private providers and, leading the fray for tenders, was none other than our...
Come November, the Republican Party may need to change their mascot from the elephant to the lemming.
In the aftermath of Scott Brown's upset election in January, the GOP redoubled their bets on the failure of Health Care Reform. As...
A person I work with wears his libertarianism on his sleeve. He rails constantly at the workplace about liberals, hippies, taxes, Obama, etc. He has literally said in the workplace that Obama is evil.
Well, about a year ago, he...
Rep. Zack Space (D-OH18) was the only Ohio Democrat to vote against the The Affordable Health Care for America Act March 21, 2010. As an Ohioan, I was puzzled by his decision and wondered what his motivation might be, flying under the...
Watch the live feed below of The House's historic vote on the HCR Bill and join the live blog below (I keep one window open with the feed and blog in a second window, minimizing them to put them...
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...
House leadership is looking at passing the Senate HC bill in one step instead of two. Basically since many House members simply don't want to vote for the Senate bill the Democratic leadership is looking into a procedure...
Well, looky here: a Public Option in the first draft of the House reconciliation bill (un-numbered yet), pg. 116, Subtitle B, Public Health Insurance Option.
http://budget.house.gov/doc-library/FY2010/03.15.2010_reconciliation2010.PDF
I suppose, if you are like me and favor a Public Option,...
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