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Okay. Perhaps I Should Take Back Past Statements On Canadian Health Care.

August 17, 2009 – 1:47 pm

After all, it appears that Canadians understand that there are problems with their health care system, even if some Americans do not:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Canada, health care, Health Care Reform, Public Option, Single Payer, United States | Comments

Tips No Longer Required At The White House

August 17, 2009 – 1:31 pm

To wit:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, flag@whitehouse.gov, health care, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics | Comments

Health Care Reform: The Blowback Begins

August 17, 2009 – 1:30 pm

When you have House liberals pledging to pass a public option irrespective of the White House’s apparent decision to drop its insistence on a public option–the easier to pass a final bill, my dears–and when you have people like Howard Dean stating that perhaps Democrats ought to drop work on Barack Obama’s most important and pressing domestic policy issue so that they can “tackle health reform another time,” then you have problems, if you are one of the people manning the posts at the White House regarding this issue.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Cooperatives, Democrats, health care, Health Care Reform, Kathleen Sebelius, Kent Conrad, Obama Administration, Public Option | Comments

Maybe I Typed Too Soon

August 16, 2009 – 1:37 pm

Maybe–my last post notwithstanding–the White House will be perfectly happy to send Kent Conrad a Christmas card this year. After all, it may well be that he is helping the White House climb down from its earlier insistence on the public option:

Kent Conrad Won’t Be Getting Any Christmas Cards From The White House This Year . . .

August 16, 2009 – 1:18 pm

But his appraisal of the political situation concerning health care reform is dead-on accurate:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Cooperatives, Democrats, health care, Health Care Reform, Kent Conrad, Obama Administration, Public Option | Comments

Is David Cameron An Unworthy Prime Minister In Waiting?

August 16, 2009 – 12:15 pm

Quite possibly. I can understand the need to ensure party unity on certain issues. I cannot understand the need to crush dissent.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Conservatives, Daniel Hannan, David Cameron, Great Britain, health care, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Tories, Tory Party | Comments

The Most Curious Individual Decision Yet To Boycott Whole Foods

August 16, 2009 – 11:14 am

And the winner is . . . Mark Kleiman. I suppose that much could be said about all of this business goes to show that dissent, in the eyes of some, is no longer patriotic, but never mind that for the moment.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Dissent Is No Longer Patriotic, health care, Health Care Reform, John Mackey, Mark Kleiman, Whole Foods | Comments

How Dare Insurers Oppose The Obama Administration’s Health Care Plans!

August 16, 2009 – 5:48 am

They should act more like pharmaceutical companies, who have decided to support Obama Administration health care plans, because the potential expansion of coverage–never mind the costs associated with it–will mean that more people will need pills, which means greater profits for the pharmaceutical industry!

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, health care, Health Care Reform, Insurance Companies, Intolerance Of Dissent, Obama Administration, Pharmaceutical Companies | Comments

Getting Things Straight: Health Care And Private Insurers

August 15, 2009 – 6:24 pm

It is entirely legitimate to be concerned that advocates of the public option want to eliminate private insurance in the long run, and it is entirely legitimate to fight against that outcome.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged free markets, Government Mandates, Government Regulations, Government Subsidies, health care, Health Care Reform, Private Insurers, Rent-Seeking | Comments

“A Fan Of Disruptors”

August 15, 2009 – 2:49 pm

There was a time when Nancy Pelosi was in favor of “un-American” activities:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged health care, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Slime And Smear, Steny Hoyer | Comments

Two New Congressional Obstacles To Health Care Reform

August 15, 2009 – 1:32 pm

One of these obstacles may only be kinda inconvenient. The other one, is very inconvenient.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Cooperatives, Democrats, health care, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, John Murtha, Kent Conrad, Obama Administration, Public Option, Single Payer | Comments

Oh, The Irony

August 15, 2009 – 1:06 pm

Richard Blair, of the so-called “Moderate Voice,” urges people to boycott Whole Foods, simply because a few days ago, John Mackey had the temerity to put forth a free-market vision of health care reform.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Boycotts, health care, Health Care Reform, John Mackey, The Moderate Voice, Tolerance, Whole Foods | Comments

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