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Making the Baucus Bill Better
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Paul Krugman notes today that Max Baucus' health care framework is, at present, "unworkable and unacceptable." But, he added, it's not as bad as some reform advocates feared, and it can be improved.... More
Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
No Trigger this Week, but the Idea Lives On
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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) has concluded the Senate Finance Committee bill, which we'll likely see tomorrow, won't have a "trigger" mechanism for a public option. Ezra Klein noted that Snowe's... More
Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Priorities
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Lawmakers are willing to commit vast sums of taxpayer dollars all the time, just so long as they personally approve of the investment. In the context of health care reform, it's fascinating to see... More
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Rationing
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Charles Krauthammer warns that rationing will be inevitable if health care reform passes. Ezra Klein explains that it's too late.
Submitted 6 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Blue Dog Dems Mangle Health Care Reform (AUDIO)
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This week on "The Inside Story with Ana Marie Cox", guest Ezra Klein and panelists Amanda Carpenter and Chris Hayes all discuss the ongoing attempt to reform health care. In the first half of the show... More
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Opponents of Health Care Reform
(www.prospect.org)
It's good to be lucky in your friends, but it's better to be lucky in your enemies. And as Rachel Maddow argues, Obama seems increasingly lucky in his enemies:
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
ANDY STERN: "EVERYONE HAS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS."
(www.prospect.org)
I just got off the phone with Andy Stern, head of SEIU. For the past few years, Stern has been manically building coalitions. This, it seems, was the payoff: The ultimate health care coalition. Every... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
IS THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ON OBAMA'S SIDE? IS OBAMA ON THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY'S SIDE?
(www.prospect.org)
First, the announcement: At about 12:30 today, representatives from the insurance industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, Advamed,... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
UNADULTERATED GOOD NEWS ON HEALTH REFORM.
(www.prospect.org)
To counterbalance the crankiness of the previous post, Peter Orszag's announcement that the administration is not only continuing to support is $635 billion health care fund, but actually adding... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
The Big Healthcare Letter
(www.prospect.org)
All this fuss over one little letter. I've got the full document for download here. And the early reports are true. It's signed by the presidents of Pharma, Advamed (device manufacturers), the... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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