Tag Archives: Health Care Reform

Barack Obama Is Not The Messiah. He’s Just Another Politician.

Film at eleven.

The Hill Is Not A Serious Source For Journalism

How could it miss the obvious retort to the latest batch of Democratic talking points?

Health Care Reform: Liberal Fury Rears Its Head . . . And Will Likely Amount To Nothing

As expected. The White House and the Congressional Democratic leadership have a problem:

Barack Obama Is Not A Popular President

The latest from Gallup. It ain’t pretty if you are a worker bee in the White House’s political operation, with the task to ensure that the President remains popular.

Health Care Reform Update: Deal With The Blue Dogs, Rage On The Liberal Side

I’ll let David Espo explain the title of this post:

Yes, Ezra: Medicare And Medicaid ARE Shockingly Expensive

Jeffrey Anderson refutes Ezra Klein on the issue of Medicare and Medicaid costs.

Health Care Reform And Blue-On-Blue Infighting

Documented by The Hill. As with all instances of political infighting that I support, this particular brand of internecine warfare has the potential to keep policy from being made.

A Health Care Reform Compromise: Democrats Will Be Displeased

A group of six Senators are working on crafting a compromise health care reform plan that will leave out key Democratic provisions:

Paul Krugman Thinks That Free Markets Don’t Work In The Realm Of Health Care

Don Boudreaux laughs, and refutes him.

“CBO Strikes Again”

That is the title Yuval Levin gave to his post, concerning the implementation of the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, which the Obama Administration is relying on to provide savings and increase efficiency in the provision of health care. As Levin reports, the CBO’s best estimate is that IMAC will provide only $2 billion in savings from 2010-2019, with the savings coming between the years 2016 and 2019.

Paul Krugman LOVES Massachusetts’s Health Care System

But perhaps, the love is misplaced.

Health Care Reform: Calling The House Democratic Leadership’s Bluff

Because Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have joined up with Republicans in order to object to the House’s version of health care reform, committee Chairman Henry Waxman is now threatening to bypass his own committee, and bring a bill directly to the floor of the House for a vote. Otherwise, Waxman warns, Republicans on the committee may be “empower[ed].”

- March 18, 2010 -

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