Health Care Reform – Page 7

Senate Bill Passes 2nd Cloture Vote

By Unstable Isotope December 22, 200911 Comments

The 2nd cloture vote on the Senate health care reform bill. The motion to end debate passed 60-39. So, it looks like Sen. Coburn's prayer that someone not show up…

What Does The Senate Bill Do?

By Unstable Isotope December 21, 200955 Comments

Jonathan Cohn sums up the how the Senate health care reform bill will do for people. Basically it helps lower your risk if you get sick and need health care.…

Senate Bill Passes First Cloture Vote

By Unstable Isotope December 21, 20091 Comment

Early this morning the Senate health care reform bill passed its first cloture vote. Moments ago, the Senate voted 60-40 to end the Republican filibuster of the manager’s amendment to…

Et Tu Howard Dean?

By Unstable Isotope December 20, 200929 Comments

Howard Dean caused quite a stir when he said "kill the bill." A lot of people trust Howard Dean and the reaction from the White House was anger. Dean appears…

Question

By pandora December 20, 200931 Comments

If you believe that Congress cannot, and will not, improve the Health Care Bill if passed, then why would you believe killing the bill and starting over is possible with…

New Health Care Reform Bill Revealed

By Unstable Isotope December 19, 200929 Comments

Last night Harry Reid and Ben Nelson announced that they reached an agreement on the health care reform bill and Nelson will vote for the bill. The agreement has to…

Hold It Hostage – Fix It Later

By Unstable Isotope December 18, 200912 Comments

Food for thought for both the "fix it later" crowd and the "kill the bill" crowd - don't give up the fight. Use the leverage you've gained with your passionate…

The Individual Mandate

By Unstable Isotope December 17, 200934 Comments

The fight over the public option has obscured other parts of the bill. Right now the individual mandate is getting a lot of attention. Ezra Klein explains the purpose of…

Exactly

By Unstable Isotope December 17, 200928 Comments

Let's cue up the circular firing squad. John Cole nails exactly what I'm feeling right now: About health care reform is that it is a primer for Banking and Financial…

Do You Need A Pick-Me-Up?

By Unstable Isotope December 15, 20094 Comments

Do you need a pick-me-up? I know I do. I don't like spending time arguing with people who have the same goals. Watch this video (edited) of a confrontation between…

Public Option And Medicare Buy-In Dropped

By Unstable Isotope December 14, 2009127 Comments

Reports are just coming in that there's a new "deal" on health care reform. President Lieberman wants only to give U.S. taxpayer money to big insurance companies but doesn't care…

Carper Fights For His Base

By Unstable Isotope December 12, 200922 Comments

Earlier this year Carper voted with the Republicans to block an amendment to allow Medicaid and Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It caused quite a stir because Carper railed against…

A Modest Healthcare Proposal

By liberalgeek December 8, 20096 Comments

I would love to see an interim law get passed for heathcare reform that drops all elected legislators from their government healthcare as of January 1st. This will give legislators…