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Jim Webb: No Votes Until Brown Is Seated
And I agree. Because even though Kennedy championed this health care legislation, Massachusetts didn’t elect a Dem this time around. That’s how democracy works. From The Hill… “In many ways the...
View ArticleHealthcare: Now What?
It’s been a bad week for Democrats. Republican Scott Brown won the special election for the Senate seat formerly held by Sen. Ted Kennedy, leading to predictions that the House and Senate will not be...
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Politicos Peruse President’s Populist Pivot
Considering President Obama’s propensity for continuous machine gun-like rapid fire communication, it is important to sort out which administration missives demand attention and which can be safely...
View ArticleRepublican Ryan for the Rebound
While health care reform remains near the bottom of the list of the public’s concerns, with recent polling averaging at 53% opposed to the Democrat’s plans, policymakers realize the impact of future...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform Millstone
Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen have an editorial in today’s Washington Post that carries a warning for Democrats. And while the message is one that has been around a while, the messengers...
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Requiem For A Health Care Reform Dream
Last August, Justin and I cooperated in crafting a joint post in Quixotic support of S 391 -the “Wyden-Bennett” Healthy Americans Act. That bill has long since died, and never really saw the light of...
View ArticleThe Practice Of Rescission Is No Longer
Do know that without the health care legislation…this wouldn’t have happened. From Politico: “While many health plans already abide by the standards outlined in the new law, our community is committed...
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Poll: Obama’s Healthcare Reform Opposition Waning
As this issue becomes less politicized, more folks seem to warm to the legislation. Wait…what??? To me this is encouraging. Of course, we all know there are problems with the legislation that passed,...
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MO Says NO To Mandatory Healthcare
Proposition C passed by 70% last night and that has a lot of folks wondering if more states will follow suit to get initiatives like these on the ballot during times when vote turn out is extremely...
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Congressional Research Service: “The precise number of new entities that will...
This updated chart of “Your New Health Care System” got a lot of play around the right-o-sphere, and even a few lefty blogs. The chart is a partisan Republican attack on the PPACA (healthcare reform)...
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House Repeals Health Care Law 245-189
Republicans said they were going to do it…and so they did. And 3 Democrats joined them. From The Hill: The House voted on Wednesday to repeal the sweeping healthcare law enacted last year, as...
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Budget Bolero
Anyone familiar with Ravel’s Bolero will instantly recognize the simple musical phrase that is repeated throughout the entire piece. It begins slowly with a snare drum establishing a military...
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Mitt Romney To Talk Healthcare Rip/Replace On Thursday
We all knew this would happen sooner or later, but Romney seems to be finally throwing his Massachusetts healthcare plan under the bus. ABC takes a look at the upcoming speech: Former Massachusetts...
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Oh Denny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.
Remember this? On March 15, 2010 Dennis Kucinich went for a joy ride on Air Force One with President Obama. Before he got on the plane he was against Obamacare saying: “This bill represents a giveaway...
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Why the left whining about “False Equivalence” is equivalent to the right...
It’s all in the framing. image from [F]oxymoron The President’s comments at the Associated Press luncheon on Tuesday received a great deal of media attention. Much of the punditocracy was focused on...
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Affordable Care Act Upheld By SCOTUS
This just in from Drudgereport: SUPREME COURT RULES: Mandate survives as a tax… Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court… The Medicaid provision is limited but not invalidated… ‘Congress had...
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CBO: Obamacare Reduces Deficit; SCOTUS Decision Leaves Millions Uninsured
The CBO confirms what they’ve already said in the past. However, the SCOTUS ruling has the potential to hurt folks in the red and purple states. This from The New Republic: The Congressional Budget...
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Oboomercare and The Generational Sting
We are going to need more Millennials While I was neglecting my blogging duties last month, the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare”. Unsurprisingly,...
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Could Paul Ryan Hurt Romney In Florida?
Add this to the list of reasons why I don’t understand Romney picked Ryan. Romney needs Florida or it’s over for him. And he has built up a lot of good will between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio’s...
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