With Obama claiming that he never campaigned for the public option a new probelm is presented – the “fix it later” argument. This comment by Obama has taken a lot of people by surprise. Even Ezra Klein, a strong bill backer, is calling the President’s bluff on this: Oy. I’ll defend the argument that the […]
It’s looking like the health care bill may not hit the President’s desk until after the State of the Union address: The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a “very hard pivot” to […]
President Obama in July of 2009: The conference then is going to be the place where these differences get ironed out and that’s where, you know, my bottom line will remain: does this cover all Americans, does it drive down costs both in the public sector and the private sector over the long term so […]
Appearing in USA Today is an article by David Sirota laying out the arguments against the Senate Bill: The Senate health care bill betrays the promise of fundamental “change” Democrats made during the 2008 election. It cloaks a handout to the health industry in the veneer of “reform.” Though it includes some positive subsidies and […]
We all knew this would end up happening: Unable to win the votes on health overhaul, Republicans are eyeing a battle in the courts. Their strategy? Have the overhaul’s requirement that everyone in the country have health insurance declared unconstitutional. If uninsured people don’t buy coverage, they would be penalized to the tune of $750 […]
Here is the video of Wendell Potter I mentioned last night: Anyone who seriously thinks that the insurance companies are going to play nice and buy the rules is seriously mistaken.
Something I have been saying all along was just repeated on Countdown by former health insurance executive Wendell Potter – there is nothing to stop insurance companies from raising rates. The bill backers have been touting out charts and tables derived from the CBO report to highlight savings with the new reform. One thing they […]
That’s what he told the Washington Post. Obama said the public option “has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right.” But, he added, “I didn’t campaign on the public option.” Now I have to swallow some pride and quote Rep. Joe Wilson – ‘YOU LIE’ Does President Obama really expect to […]
It was originally scheduled for 7pm on Christmas eve, but has been moved up by 11 hours to 8am on Christmas eve. My only guess is that the Republicans gave in, which will certainly cause some outrage from the right.
This is a blow to the health care reform bill: National Nurses United, the nation’s largest registered nurses union and professional organization, declared on Tuesday that the Senate health care bill gives away too much to insurance companies and “fails to meet the test of true health care reform.” “It is tragic to see the […]