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David Broder On The Cost Of Health Care Reform

Yes, it is as exorbitant as many of us have imagined:

“Stop Complaining So Much!”

So pleads Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).

Remind Me Again . . .

Why do people consider the House health care reform bill to be a good piece of legislation?

REAL Health Care Reform

Courtesy of Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Paul Howard.

Sauce For The Goose, And All That

I am in favor of means-testing for programs like Social Security and Medicare; which would constitute one of the better policy responses to the out-of-control entitlement spending we are seeing take place. Something has to be done to control spending for entitlement programs, and means-testing is one of the most effective somethings there is out there.

About Time

It took long enough, but the White House has finally decided to focus on deficit-reduction. The question is whether this newfound tendency towards frugality has come in time:

Republican Question Of The Day

“Why can’t it be 2010 already?”

Democrats Divided on Abortion and Health Care

The media feeds the narrative that one side of the abortion debate is “divisive” and that being a pro-lifer is synonymous with being a right-wing woman-hating extremist. The idea that there might be broader bipartisan support for the pro-life movement seems never to have occurred to them.

Jail Time For People Without Health Insurance?

You’ll notice that the President is not exactly ruling it out, expressly.

Quick Reaction To The Health Care Vote This Evening

Once it became clear that the Stupak amendment would pass–by the way, it passed thanks to a liberal, pro-choice Speaker of the House pushing for it in order to get the votes of pro-life Democrats on final passage–it was entirely unsurprising to see the health care reform bill pass.

- November 21, 2009 -

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