Tag: Health Care
Health Care Summit Thread
Might as well put up a thread. Begins at 10:00. If you’re watching please add your thoughts in the comment’s section. I hope to catch a lot of this.
This Is Gonna Hurt…
I’ve been wanting to use this classic post (I Hate Your Politics) for years, but never really had the opportunity. Well… I do now. And what I’m writing here isn’t directed at any individual politician – it’s directed at us. I’m highlighting the section on liberals, but you should really read the whole thing, because […]
The GOP and Health Care
Everyone that reads Delaware Liberal can probably agree that health insurance is a huge strain on Americans, businesses (big and small) and the government. For instance, according to the New York Times, small businesses are looking forward to a sharp increase in health insurance costs. Insurance brokers and benefits consultants say their small business clients […]
Some Not So Random Political Thoughts
Just because I was sedated and sadistically eviscerated during my stint in Third Person Rehab, I still had time in between fevered dreams to think about what was going on locally and nationally. Here are a couple of observations: 1. The seeds to defeat in Saturday’s 37th RD Special Election were sown by Bob Gilligan […]
What I’ve Learned Today
What I’ve learned today is that Republicans, in general, are a bitter bunch of people.
With the Passing of Kennedy, Time for Obama to Emulate JFK
Though JFK inspired so many of ‘bulo’s generation with his appeal to youthful idealism, people forget that it was Lyndon Baines Johnson who succeeded in passing most of the landmark bills that JFK had proposed, but had not gotten moved through the Congress. Here’s what LBJ did: He resolved to complete Kennedy’s legislative agenda, and […]
UPDATED: Conservatives Want Government Out Of Our Health Care… Except When They Don’t
Via HuffPo: On July 13, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a measure that establishes–among other restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services–an in-person counseling requirement and a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can obtain an abortion. Proponents of the new law claim that it helps inform women’s abortion decisions. In […]
We Already Have Death Panels
Please go read Southern Beale’s entire piece, and then pass it on. Don’t talk to me about death panels, Sarah Palin. You, who so carelessly bolstered a lie about healthcare reform to score a cheap political point; you, the most craven of political opportunists, who fearmongers about some dystopian socialist/fascist fantasyland; you, who earlier this […]
Put Up Or Shut Up – More Of This Please
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) hits it out of the park by double-daring Republicans to back up their trash talk about government run health care… by voting on eliminating medicare. It’s about time someone called them out. Make them put their vote where their mouth is – if they dare. It’s quite a dilemma for the GOP, […]
Why Isn’t This Called Bribery?
Via WaPo: The roiling debate about health-care reform has been a boon to the political fortunes of Ross and 51 other members of the Blue Dog Coalition, who have become key brokers in shaping legislation in the House. Objections from the group resulted in a compromise bill announced this week that includes higher payments for […]
Jon Stewart Destroys Bill Kristol On Healthcare
Jon Stewart gets Bill Kristol to admit the the VA system is an exceptional healthcare system but that the rest of Americans don’t deserve it. Kristol gets caught up in the typical GOP talking point trap of “government run healthcare is really awful but it’s so good that private insurance can’t compete.” Republicans are just incoherent on this issue. At least he wasn’t repeating the Faux News talking point that Barack Obama wants to kill your grandmother.
New CBO Report: Public Option Will NOT Drive Private Insurers Out Of Business
Oh well, there goes another talking point. The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the public option proposed by Democrats would not drive private insurers out of business and most people would still choose to get their medical coverage through employers. The CBO Report also calls into question the Lewin Group’s analysis: The […]
Drug Companies Get Subsidized For Bombarding Us With Ads
I really hate all the pharma ads on TV. Now I have an even better reason to abhor them. (h/t Digby) Meanwhile, Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, has introduced a bill called the Say No to Drug Ads Act. It would amend the federal tax code to prevent pharmaceutical companies from deducting the […]
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