Health Care Reform – Page 9

Those Contributions Are Fungible

By Unstable Isotope November 9, 200911 Comments

Are you aware of the logic of the Stupak amendment? John Aravosis explains: The House passed the anti-choice Stupak amendment last night. Basically, the amendment stops any government money from…

Castle to Uninsured: Die Quickly (and forces women to buy abortion insurance separately)

By xstryker November 8, 200962 Comments

Mike Castle voted to prevent private insurers from covering abortions if they receive public subsidies. Under the Stupid Stupak Amendment, women would have to buy abortion "riders" from their insurers…

House Health Care Reform Voting Begins At 9:30 – UPDATE – Bill Passes 220-215

By Unstable Isotope November 7, 200925 Comments

If you've been following the news today, you probably know that the House health care reform bill, H.R. 3962 is coming to a vote tonight, probably around 9:30 PM. If…

Anti-Abortion Democrats Betraying Women Once Again

By Unstable Isotope November 7, 200914 Comments

Conservatives say they want to get government out of our lives and don't want "government bureaucrats" standing in the way of the relationship between doctors and patients. Unless, of course,…

Health Care Reform News

By Unstable Isotope November 6, 20096 Comments

Yesterday while Michelle Bachmann's mob gathered at the capital to once again compare health care reform to nazism, the White House announced some key endorsements of the House health care…

I Still Say F U Lieberman

By Unstable Isotope November 3, 20097 Comments

Color me skeptical: Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, according to two…

I Weep At This Tale Of Woe

By Unstable Isotope November 3, 20093 Comments

Does anyone remember the McCain health care plan? Yeah, I didn't either. On the campaign trail, Holtz-Eakin promoted McCain's plan to eliminate the tax exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance and…

Another Member Of The GOP Braintrust Speaks

By Unstable Isotope November 2, 20093 Comments

The second stupidest woman in Congress (after Michele Bachmann) is Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC). She gave a speech on the floor of Congress saying that health care reform is scarier…

Evening Read

By nemski October 30, 20092 Comments

No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up. The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It's not what you think. The Daily Beast: The…

You Knew This Was Coming

By Unstable Isotope October 30, 20097 Comments

Can we finally strip Lieberman of his chairmanship now? Once again the DFHs (especially Ned Lamont) were right and the so-called political pundits were wrong. I'm not holding my breath…

House Health Care Bill Revealed

By Unstable Isotope October 29, 200931 Comments

Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference to announce the House health care reform bill. The bill is called "The Affordable Health Care For America Act, " H.R. 3962. Click through for a review of some key provisions.

F U Joe Lieberman

By Unstable Isotope October 27, 200927 Comments

Joe Lieberman announces that he may filibuster the health care reform bill with the Republicans because he doesn't like it: "I told Senator Reid that I'm strongly inclined--i haven't totally…

Red States, Blue States – Who Gets The Green

By pandora October 27, 20094 Comments

Take a look at the chart below. The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2009 state health care scorecard. Notice anything interesting. A whole lot of Red States (you know, the…