health care reform
Reagan Solicitor General: Health Care Mandate Constitutional
Testifying today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried said he was "quite sure the health care mandate …
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"All the President's Zombies"
Paul Krugman's op/ed today deals with the lingering effects of a discredited philosophy--Reaganomics--and the deleterious impact it's having…
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Calling Dr. Steele, Dr. Tin Man Steele
A good rule of public speaking is not to accept an invitation to address a topic that you are unfamiliar with. You might get follow-up questions tha…
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Obamacare Will Save Medicare $200 Billion By 2016...
...assuming the five Rethugs on the Supreme Court don't gut the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The inconvenient truth for Rethugs is that Oba…
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"An Unhealthy Debate"
That's the title of this morning's lead editorial in the WaPo. You think, "Finally. They're going to go after the teabagging, town …
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Wingnut Correction Time
Balloon Juice captures the debunking of two recent wingnut forays into the health care reform debate. First to be debunked is the bunk-loaded Wee Wi…
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Hopeful (Still) on Health Care
We hope Jonathan Chait's right in his feeling that health care reform will still pass soon. If you haven't called your Congressman (the acti…
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Reid to Baucus: Move!
According to Roll Call this evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid has finally told Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) to stop chasing Rethug votes and pass the Dem…
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Obamacare Will Save Medicare $200 Billion By 2016...
...assuming the five Rethugs on the Supreme Court don't gut the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The inconvenient truth for Rethugs is that Oba…
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Keep It Up, President Obama
It's a relief to see the President hitting back hard against the cynical Rethug establishment pols on health care reform. The President quoted S…
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Of Teeing Up and Teeing Off
Robert Reich asks the pertinent question , "Why is the Gang of Six deciding health care?" and answers by telling us it's because the Ob…
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Quote of the Week
"Ultimately, if the President decides he's going to go with a reform effort that doesn't include a public option, what he will have done…
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"Hurray for Health Reform"
On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act, Paul Krugman reminds us why , even with its flaws, the act…
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"Hurray for Health Reform"
On the eve of the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act, Paul Krugman reminds us why , even with its flaws, the act…
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Health Care Reform Quotes of the Day
" The only health care mandate they [Republicans] can embrace are transvaginal probes for women. " -- our Governor, Martin O'Malley (D-…
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Obamacare Will Save Medicare $200 Billion By 2016...
...assuming the five Rethugs on the Supreme Court don't gut the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The inconvenient truth for Rethugs is that Oba…
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Quote of the Day
"These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views -- but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing…
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D.C. Circuit Court: "Obamacare" Constitutional
In a split decision, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or "Obamacare" to the numbnuts out there) is constit…
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What Kind of Health Care Reform Do You Propose...
... when you don't want health care reform? How about a 4 pager?! With no numbers (again)! What buffoons. (Image: A proctological exam under t…
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Some Pre-Speech Reading
Here are a few recommended commentaries in advance of President Obama's speech tonight to a Joint Session of Congress on health care reform: WaPo…
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