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Health Care Reform: Dead?

August 24, 2009 – 1:35 pm

Joe Lieberman probably has not done himself any favors amongst Democrats, but he is stating that comprehensive health care reform is not going to take place this year:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Refom, Joe Lieberman, Obama Administration, Politics, Reconciliation, Republicans, Robert Byrd | Comments

The Revolt Of The House Liberals

August 18, 2009 – 1:41 pm

No public option, no votes from 60 of them.

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

Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?

August 17, 2009 – 2:06 pm

Now, the White House is telling us that when HHS Secretary Sebelius said that a public option is not an essential part of any health care reform plan, she “misspoke.”

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.

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 Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Public Option | 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 Policy, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, John Murtha, Obama Administration, Public Option, Single Payer | Comments

Dodd And Conrad Have Some ‘Splainin’ To Do

July 28, 2009 – 8:53 am

If there is anything even approaching stringent ethics oversight in Congress, this matter will receive lots of attention:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Chris Dodd, Congress, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Ethics | Comments

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, Congress, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Douglas Elmendorf, Economic Ignorance, economy, Friedrich Hayek, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Higher Taxes, John Stossel, Obama Administration, tax policy, taxes | 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, Congress, Democrats, Douglas Elmendorf, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Peter Orszag | Comments

Conrad’s Vote Seals Deal on Reconciliation

April 28, 2009 – 12:05 pm

Despite earlier opposition, Kent Conrad’s vote has enabled Democrats to bypass debate and pass major healthcare reform with little debate and no input from the GOP.

By Brad Jackson | Posted in Blogs, The Whip | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Health Care Reform, Judd Gregg, Reconciliation, US Senate | Comments

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