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Health Care Reform: A Link Round-Up

July 22, 2009 – 2:28 pm

Bobby Jindal–being a policy wonk in general, and a health care policy wonk in particular–highlights the three major shortcomings in the health care bills floating around Capitol Hill, and the Obama Administration’s own stated preferences for reform, and offers suggestions on how to improve the reform process.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Douglas Elmendorf, Economic Ignorance, economy, Friedrich Hayek, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Higher Taxes, John Stossel, Kent Conrad, Obama Administration, tax policy, taxes | Comments

Congress Slows Down Health Care Reform, As It Should

July 22, 2009 – 1:21 pm

Since the Obama Administration has not yet gotten the message, and since it has not revised its expectations when it comes to achieving health care reform, more and more members of Congress are announcing on their own that health care reform will not be achieved by the time Congress goes on its August recess:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Higher Taxes, Mayo Clinic, Obama Administration, tax policy, taxes | Comments

Health Care Reform By August? It Ain’t Happening.

July 21, 2009 – 1:22 pm

By now, it should be clear that the Obama Administration’s goal of getting a health care reform bill signed before Congress goes on its August recess is not in the cards. One might have hoped that the Administration would realize this, and focus on getting health care reform done right, rather than focusing on getting it done quickly.

It Is Way Too Early To Handicap 2012 . . .

July 20, 2009 – 4:37 pm

But it is not too early to note that Barack Obama is not the exceptionally popular politician so many people make him out to be:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged 2010, 2012, Barack Obama, Democrats, Mitt Romney, Obama Administration, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin | Comments

House Democrats Rebel Against Health Care Taxes

July 17, 2009 – 3:15 pm

I had thought that the tax scheme attached to the House health care plan would, at the very least, survive a vote outside of the House. Sure, it might get killed in the Senate, or in conference, but I figured that Nancy Pelosi would be able to carry her chamber.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Blue Dog Democrats, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Higher Taxes, Nancy Pelosi, tax policy, taxes | Comments

The Kerfluffle Over The CIA’s Assassination Program

July 17, 2009 – 12:25 am

If ever there were a tempest in a teacup . . .

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Al Qaeda, Assassinations, CIA, David Ignatius, Democrats, Dennis Blair, Dick Cheney, Law, Leon Panetta, National Security, War on Terror | Comments

CBO Slams The Health Care Reform Bills

July 16, 2009 – 2:19 pm

Buried in this story is the following, very interesting nugget:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, CBO, Democrats, Douglas Elmendorf, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Kent Conrad, Obama Administration, Peter Orszag | Comments

Keith Hennessey On Health Care Reform

July 16, 2009 – 2:13 pm

Properly scathing:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Keith Hennessey, Obama Administration | Comments

Blue Dog Democrats Flex Their Muscles On Health Care Reform

July 16, 2009 – 1:10 pm

This has to be disconcerting for the Obama Administration, and other Congressional Democrats:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration | Comments

Health Care Reform: The Machinations Continue

July 11, 2009 – 1:08 pm

Updates in the battle over health care reform are coming fast and furious; indicating just how much Democrats in Congress and the Obama Administration want to be able to take advantage of perceived momentum in order to push through a health care reform package before the political system eventually seizes up to halt any reform effort.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, budget, Charlie Rangel, Democrats, economy, Fiscal Policy, Harry Reid, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration | Comments

Tracking Health Care Reform

July 10, 2009 – 3:44 pm

Let’s take a look at a grab-bag of links that are useful in keeping abreast of the health care reform process.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, budget, Democrats, economy, Fiscal Policy, Harry Reid, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Obama Administration | Comments

Health Care Reform Follies

July 9, 2009 – 2:33 pm

Jonathan Cohn appears to be upset that the political establishment has skipped the crucial step of figuring out how to pay for health care reform, before actually working to enact reforms in the first place. I completely sympathize. It’s like putting on one’s shoes before putting on one’s socks. How very annoying!

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