I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote.
The hits keep coming for the embattled United States Chamber of Commerce. On Saturday, I wrote about the Chamber's overwhelming hypocrisy on climate l...
"Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more," read the HuffPost lead paragraph of Monday's story detailing the latest extortion threats of this ...
I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.
The American people have two choices. Implement healthcare reform now, when the future benefits outweigh the current costs. Or wait as rising healthcare costs slowly drain our bank accounts.
The silent majority now is the voice of the "independent". If you listen past the yelling to hear the actual voices, you see that this is the position of most Americans.
There are many people who are used to going to work when they are a bit under the weather. However, swine flu is changing that equation.
Unnecessary medical care is not just harmlessly wasteful. We're putting ourselves at increased risk through our unquenchable desire for more and more care.
The argument for a massive spending increase as economic stimulus makes the assumption that spending is the source of our prosperity. Based on that false assumption, it's easy to arrive at the wrong conclusion.
If the roughly 50 million abortions that have occurred in the US since Roe v. Wade had all ended in full-term deliveries, approximately 500 additional women would have died during childbirth.
The Republican representative from Minnesota is so infatuated with the subject of sex clinics, she can't stop talking about them.
Pre-stirred yogurt: This was one of the first costly luxuries I gave up. Yes, it's exhausting having to actually stir the yogurt flavoring, but it's a great way to combine breakfast and exercise.
Not at all surprising, when I sent out my Health Care Politiku submission query I was swamped with phenomenal submissions.
Momentum is growing for passage of health care reform, and, because of their continued obstructionism, so is the threat to Republicans.
The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.
In a modern society, certain economic regulations, social safety net provisions, and basic civil rights protections must be national in scope to be effective.
I find it maddening how quickly the wolves came out. Similar to any policy move that will actually benefit Americans and our standing in the world, the right-wing goes ballistic.
Progressive observers may be forgetting that the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to invoke cloture, in most people's calculations, includes Joe Lieberman (I-Hartford Insurance).
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass a public option -- but only if Harry Reid makes sure that his Democratic super-majority does not side with Republicans on basic procedural votes.
In a recent Health Affairs article, authors Henry Aaron and Paul Ginsburg ask "Is health spending excessive? If so, what can we do about it?" Access a...
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