This week is when the most intense negotiations are going on in the Senate. The most contentious part is the fate of the Public Option, with the Senate A%#hole Caucus…
In a third-quarter earnings conference call in late October, officials at Aetna announced that in an effort to improve on a less-than-anticipated profit margin in 2009, they would be raising…
The health care debate may be long and frustrating but it can lead to some interesting moments. For example, Tom Coburn and David Vitter thought they'd be clever and cute…
Harry Reid has a really difficult task, Democrats have decided to lay down all their weapons and craft bills that need 60 votes to even get a vote. Tom Carper…
The debate on the health care reform deal starts today in the U.S. Senate at 3 p.m. There is still one major sticking point in the negotiations: the fate of…
Tonight is the first vote for the health care reform bill. This vote is only to put proceed to debate the bill. All Democrats have announced they will vote to…
You hear that sucking sound? Yeah, that's state of Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour was on Hardball the other day and commented how he thinks states would do a better job…
I'm glad that Republicans are treating the health care debate with the seriousness that it deserves: Republicans have vowed to fight the legislation at every turn, saying it represents a…
Last night the Harry Reid unveiled the Senate health care reform bill, called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The whole bill can be read here (warning PDF) and…
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) writes in The New York Times about his intentions and the ramifications of a small piece of legislation he added into the health care package. .…
Here's the next idea that Carper is floating (trying to get Snowe or Lieberman onboard I suppose) - triggered state co-ops. In states where private insurers fail to offer affordable…
Blanche Lincoln is one of the worst weak-kneed ConservaDems in the Senate. She's voted against the public option and seems to be following the losing Creigh Deeds strategy - pretend…