What is the health care end game? Matthew Continetti thinks he knows the answer to that question: Now, one chamber of Congress has voted for repeal, more than half the states are challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual health insurance mandate, and the law remains unpopular. Health care spending and premiums continue to rise, and [...]
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Will Healthcare Withstand Repeal In The 112th Congress?
January 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Republicans
Tags: 112th Congress·Health Care·health care repeal·Health law·Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act·Republicans
Ezra Klein’s Take On The GOP’s ‘Pledge’ To Cut The Deficit
September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · america, News, Politics, Republicans
Via Cesca: Take the deficit. Perhaps the two most consequential policies in the proposal are the full extension of the Bush tax cuts and the full repeal of the health-care law. The first would increase the deficit by more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years, and many trillions of dollars more after that. [...]
Tags: ezra klein·Health Care·Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003·Politics·republican
Rolling Out The New Health Care Law
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Health Care
Here’s change in action. The first phase of the Affordable Care Act is now being implemented, and it may affect you or someone you know. Please take the time to watch this video, and visit HealthCare.Gov for an extensive overview of the new law. It’s good to know some things are getting done in Washington.
Tags: Health Care
The Media And Health Care Coverage
June 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Democracy, Health Care, News
A recent study performed by the Pew Institute, details how the press covered health care reform– the most divisive issue of the last year–and the defining achievement of the Obama administration to date. Above is a graph detailing the prevailing story lines, and how the media covered them. Before the health care debate exploded into [...]
Is The Iceland Volcanic Eruption God’s Punishment For Health Care Passage?
April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, News, Political Fringe
Limbaugh weighs in: You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, “Hey, you know, I’m looking around. The earth hadn’t opened up. There’s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.” I think the earth has opened up. [...]
Thurbert Baker Discusses His Refusal To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Republicans
Here’s an update to my earlier post about health care legislation– and the upcoming lawsuit being pursued by several state attorney generals. Watch Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker give his reasons for not joining the suit below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Tags: Georgia·Government·Health Care·lawsuits·Thurbert Baker
Inside The Health Debate: In Georgia, Politics May Prevail Over Policy
March 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · america, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Health Care, News, Politics, Republicans
Sonny Perdue is the republican governor of the state of Georgia. Perdue is at the tail end of his second and final term in the statehouse. His administration is presiding over a fiscal crisis–one with steep prolonged budget cuts– that are destined to cripple the state’s services and economy for the foreseeable future. But Perdue [...]
Tags: attoney general·federal government·Governor·Health Care·health care reform·lawsuit·Politics·Sonny Perdue·Supreme Court·Thurbert Baker
Hate Speech In Action: Threats, Lies, And Audio Tape
March 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · america, Democracy, Democrats, News, Political Fringe, Republicans
Here are some of America’s finest thinkers, protesting the only way they know how: Congressman Bart Stupak, (D-MI) Watch CBS News Videos Online –Congressman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) received a rambling, threatening email from a woman who said she was “so filled with rage that she warned the congressman to ‘watch his back’ and called for [...]
Tags: Congress·Health Care·threats·violence
