Health Care Reform – Page 3

How Will We Tell The Difference?

By Unstable Isotope March 22, 201086 Comments

Republicans are grumpy: GOP senators emerged Monday to caution that the health debate had taken a toll on the institution, warning of little work between parties the rest of this…

What Determined How Democrats Voted?

By Unstable Isotope March 22, 201022 Comments

Nate Silver does an excellent breakdown of the statistics behind how each House Democrat voted on health care reform. The basic conclusion is that conservative Democrats from districts that had…

A Historic Moment

By Unstable Isotope March 21, 201048 Comments

The Senate health insurance reform bill just passed the House by a vote of 219-212. No matter how you feel about the bill, you must recognize the historic moment. Republicans…

Today’s HCR Vote Program

By cassandra_m March 21, 201037 Comments

So today is the day, and today is when we get to know whether Nancy Pelosi and President Obama have been able to pull this one out (Intrade futures on this effort have been going up since early this month -- you can buy at this writing at 92.1). You can use this as a live blogging thread (if you are glued to CSPAN and not out in this glorious weather).

Who Speaks For Me On This Issue?

By Unstable Isotope March 21, 201014 Comments

Exhibit one on why we need to have more representation for women in government: abortion restrictions in the health care reform bill. A group of "pro-life" (which means life begins…

Deem and Pass Is Out

By Scott P March 20, 20103 Comments

After spending a week getting themselves all riled up about "Demon Pass", it seems the procedural maneuver has been ruled out: House leaders have decided to take a separate vote…

The Bill

By liberalgeek March 19, 20105 Comments

Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi and the House Dems got the CBO score on healthcare reform back and posted the bill online for 72 hours for review. The Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 is posted here [PDF]. Speaker Pelosi's website has some good links to summaries, the CBO scoring and other info on the bill

A Letter from Marjorie Margolies

By Scott P March 18, 201013 Comments

There's an interesting letter in today's Washington Post. The letter is from Marjorie Margolies, and it's addressed, "Dear Wavering House Democrats". The missive is aimed at the handful of House Dems…

CBO Score Is In

By Scott P March 18, 201022 Comments

According to Jonathan Cohn at TNR, the CBO score is in, and it looks good. Democrats in the administration and Congress have agreed on a set of amendments to the…

Hopefully Clearing Up a (Talking) Point

By Scott P March 18, 201032 Comments

I know it's a slippery slope when you start trying to debunk every inane talking point that comes along, but there was a specific one that I wanted to look…

Health Care Reform: A Wrench In The Works?

By Unstable Isotope March 18, 20109 Comments

The CBO score for the health care reconciliation bill was expected yesterday, but it was not released. The issue appears to be related to the hazards of reconciliation. To survive…

Wednesday’s Evening Read

By nemski March 17, 20101 Comment

Time Magazine looks at 10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years. Here is Gregory Rodriguez on The White Anxiety Crisis. The Times' Washington correspondent Giles Whittell looks at the our…

Kucinich To Vote Yes

By Unstable Isotope March 17, 201019 Comments

Rep. Dennis Kucinich held a press conference to announce that he will vote yes on the the health care reform bill, despite previously announcing he would vote no. Rep. Dennis…