Ben Nelson’s deal to get the federal government to foot the bill for Nebraska’s Medicaid costs isn’t sitting well with many people, including Nebraskans: Just 17 percent of Nebraska voters said they support the deal their senator cut in the last round of health care negotiations, in which the federal government will pick up the […]
Bob Herbert has a great piece today tearing about one of the problems I have with the health care bill – the Cadillac tax. First off is Bob’s explanation of the system: The tax would kick in on plans exceeding $23,000 annually for family coverage and $8,500 for individuals, starting in 2013. In the first […]
Dave Waldman has a great rundown of what lies ahead for the health care bill as both chambers of Congress attempt to merge two very different bills into one. Sadly the quickest path is once again meeting Republican obstructionism, this time by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) objecting to the appointment of conferees and forcing a […]
For those just catching up, the idea I have come up with to fix health care is not by adding in the public option or instituting Medicare for 55+. Instead I have taken a much different approach, one that would be much easier to make a reality. What we should focus on is the FPL, […]
So much contention over the past several days has occurred within the progressive blogosphere. It’s time to do another post calling it out. First on the agenda is the issue of President Obama saying that he never campaigned on the public option. This was a false claim, no matter how some want to spin it. […]
That’s what he said in a short appearance this morning: Well we have seen what that translates into throughout this whole debate so I’m not expecting much out of him.
Right along party lines as expected, with Jim Bunning not voting. What’s interesting is that since the GOP started praying for Democratic members of the Senate to not show up, a Republican has missed every vote. Irony or sweet revenge? This ends the 2009 legislative year and now we are on to reconciliation to fix […]
The final vote will be tomorrow at 7am then onto the uncertain fate of #hcr.
She is the first one to officially come out against the Senate bill: The Senate health care bill is not worthy of the historic vote that the House took a month ago. Even though the House version is far from perfect, it at least represents a step toward our goal of giving 36 million Americans […]
