Reconciliation bad unless we want to use it - down the Hatch

Double meaning -- slices both ways Reasons why Hatch doesn’t like it 1.      Puts a time limit of 20 hours on debate 2.      Allows passage with a simple...

I’m dying here, and you are no help

That sums up the situation on healthcare. In review, I think the President wants the right thing, a comprehensive healthcare solution and coverage for uninsured Americans. I think that he waited too long to...

Healthcare Shootout at the OK Corral

Wow, here's an email from the former Governor of Virginia who is now chairman of the Democratic Party, I think. I like Tim Kaine; maybe he will run for President some day. Here is what he said. "Jim --Yesterday...

Obama plan to extend healthcare to uninsured

Barack Obama on Monday laid out for the first time a detailed legislative proposal for overhauling health care. His plan sticks largely to the approach passed by the Senate with unified Democratic support, but it makes concessions to the House version, which was more...

Premier Williams Newfoundland & Labrador: Heart Surgery In U.S.

Heart Surgery in the United States for a Canadian Premier A report is emerging this morning, that confirms that Premier Danny Williams has gone to the United States for Heart Surgery. Danny Williams, 60, until...

Hoops I shoot; boxer I not

I read Eugene Robinson’s piece about Obama being less than a fighter for a cause he championed and we voted for, that legislators fumbled because of a very bad lateral. How many sports metaphors can we stack in a...

Back Burner

MoveOn sent an email today titled: Comprehensive health care reform is hanging in the balance. It says: “Over the past 48 hours, President Obama and some Democrats in Congress have announced that they are...

Obama healthcare: in the middle, it’s a riddle

The promise was a big fix—reducing healthcare spiraling costs while providing coverage for all at equal to or greater quality. How would costs be reduced and kept in check? How would the 30-40 million uninsured...

Hope is in the email

" According to an email from David Plouffe, a spokesperson for the President, “The Senate health reform bill will:-- Extend coverage to 31 million Americans, the largest expansion of coverage since the creation of...

Massachusetts Antismoking Plan is Huge Success

The Aintismoking plan that offers almost free teatment for poor residents of Massachusetts has already seen huge benifits in both the heath and health finance sector. Since its establishment in 2006, an attempt...

No to Bad Healthcare; No to Bad War; No to Bad Obama

No + No = No Obama Howard Dean says no to new Senate & House Healthcare Legislation Nancy Pelosi says no she won’t rally the support to fund troop expansion in Afghanistan Obama’s constituents did not...

Health Care Bills Contain HUGE Marriage Penalty

" By Allen Quist, Guest Blogger There is a huge middle-class marriage penalty hidden in the House and Senate health care bills. The penalty becomes evident by evaluating questions like the following: How much would two single people, each making $30,000 per year, pay for...

TEA PARTY: 2,500 Patriots Rally in St. Louis

" An estimated 2,500 patriots protested against government-run health care and rampant socialism during a rally this afternoon at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. As the video and photos (above and below)...

Speaking for the American People on Healthcare

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican from Kentucky, spoke ever so slowly tonight on television while stating his opposition to US healthcare legislation that he says the nation cannot afford. He repeatedly...

Single-Payer Advocate Says White House Lost Debate on Health Care

Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care...

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