January 20, 2010 – 5:52 pm
Maybe he gets it? President Obama warned Democrats in Congress today not to “jam” a health care reform bill through now that they’ve lost their commanding majority in the Senate, and said they must wait for newly elected Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to be sworn into office. “Here’s my assessment of not just the vote […]
January 13, 2010 – 8:36 am
And interesting report, found via the DU. Even Physicians For A National Health Program think taxing “Cadillac Plans” is a bad idea The health reform bill which passed the Senate in December would impose a 40 percent excise tax on health insurance plans with premiums above $23,000 a year for families and $8,500 for individuals. […]
January 6, 2010 – 4:36 pm
OK, that is not exactly what he said, but, if we apply Politicianonics to it, that is what he means There is talk about opening up the House and Senate negotiations on the health care proposal to public hearings. C-SPAN is pushing to broadcast those conferences over its network. Not all legislators like the idea. […]
January 5, 2010 – 10:00 am
Shocking, eh? Democratic leaders are looking to forgo a formal, public conference to merge the House and Senate’s health care overhaul bills, giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House free rein to hammer out the final measure behind closed doors and thwart Republican efforts to stymie it. Not […]
January 2, 2010 – 10:00 am
Quietly, under the radar The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pays too little. Funny how Medicare and Medicaid seem to about the only programs that […]
January 1, 2010 – 7:59 am
The question is, is this something they will actually do, and, why are they doing it now? Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska’s political deal from the federal health care overhaul bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. “We believe this […]
December 24, 2009 – 8:07 am
Amazingly, after Democrats have crafted bill to replace bill to replace bill in the dark of night, in closed session, which only included Democrats, after they shut Republicans and Republican ideas completely out – not to mention any ideas, such as came from John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods – it is somehow, in Grey […]
December 22, 2009 – 3:00 pm
Via The Jawa Report through Confederate Yankee, from The Weekly Standard, we learn (blockquote is from CY, subsection comes from TWS) The language of Section 3403 seems rather explicit: SUBSECTION.—It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal […]
December 22, 2009 – 10:00 am
The Fish Wrap of Record goes with a front page story about how the Dems are going to be challenged in merging their bills Even as the Senate took a significant step toward passing its version of a sweeping overhaul of the health insurance system before Christmas, Democrats were grappling Monday with deep internal divisions […]
December 21, 2009 – 8:37 am
Y’all remember William “Cold Cash” Jefferson? Do you remember what happened? A private individual promised to give him $400K if Jefferson would help a high tech company called iGate by persuading the Army to test iGate’s products, as well as attempt to influence officials in 3 countries. He was caught on tape taking $100K. Obviously, […]
