The Five Dirty Words of Health Care Reform
Coverage Coverage is not care and should not be the goal of health care reform.
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Coverage Coverage is not care and should not be the goal of health care reform.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) vowed again last week that a bill without a public option could not pass the House, despite the White House’s movement toward a trigger.
The institution that he served so ably will never be the same without his voice of eloquence and reason. I will miss him dearly. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
“But we’re plugging for it because there’s nothing else that should be done.
So without buy-in, Republicans have been bent on playing up the flaws in Democratic health care plans.
support for the policy, the Arkansas News reported.Lincoln’s vote on a health care reform bill could be key as the Senate Democratic leadership looks to build a coalition of 60 Senators to pass legislation without
how the bill was being crafted in the Senate led to the delay in producing a measure before the monthlong break and contributed to the current split between liberals and centrists over whether a plan should
“I believe that Arkansas’ next United States Senator should help provide checks and balances on the policies being pushed by President [Barack] Obama and the D.C. leadership,— Baker said in his announcement
She said she saw a gap between liberal lawmakers and what should be a ready-made base for them in likeminded grass-roots organizations that were too narrowly focused on electoral politics instead of governing
He was a fierce advocate, and no Senator would oppose him in debate without at least a little trepidation, often more than a little. We all listened to him, of course.
Of course this begs the following questions: How effective can our very expensive cap-and-trade system be without the participation of the world’s fastest-growing economies, and how will it affect the
A former actuary, Johnson said he thought that should be part of an overhaul.Bachmann respond that she would like to see it included as well and that it could reduce the cost of health care.
Sixty votes are needed to overcome a filibuster, and Democratic aides said they doubt they could reach that goal without some Republican support.
president.State Senate President Therese Murray and state House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who received the letter along with Patrick, are Democrats.Senate Democratic leaders have privately fretted that — should
“To consolidate the process, the e-mail address set up last week for this same purpose is now closed and all feedback should be sent through— an address on the “reality check— Web page, Phillips writes
“If he were still in the military, absent without leave, he’d be court-martialed,— the Senator said. In Mississippi, Rep.
Without a public option, I don’t see how we will bring real change to a system that has made good health care a privilege for those who can afford it.— Weiner said in a prepared statement: “Leaving private
.— Cantor used the experiences of his constituents to make the point to reporters that Democrats should have listened to Republicans who tried to block the stimulus.
opposition comes as a surprise, given that it was the taxpayers who rescued the financial services sector through a massive bailout and continue to provide public subsidies to the industry.Three principles should
If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every Member of Congress including myself.— And he said he expects bipartisan efforts taking place in