The Democrats were determined to enact some kind of health care "reform" bill, regardless of its actual contents, because they thought the alternative was politically untenable. Perhaps, but so far voters certainly aren't responding favorably to the Democrats' power grab. Rasmussen finds that President Obama's approval index has plunged [...]
MARTY BACKS GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE
Marty Claims Government Run Health Care Will Reduce Costs. “’Universal care would cost less, not more,’ said Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, noting that U.S. health costs average nearly twice those of other developed nations. ‘We’re spending a lot more; we’re not getting a lot more. We [...]
Senator Dodd thinks it's Connecticut, and he undoubtedly has good reason to believe it. He inserted the provision authorizing the expenditure of $100 million to support a health care facility answering to a description having nothing to do with the merits of the facility, or with "health care reform." [...]
I've never understood why liberals think that entrusting their health care to government employees will result in more generous or compassionate treatment. Insurance companies have to compete, after all, while there is only one federal government. Now, the Independent Institute cites data from the American Medical Association's National Health' [...]
In response to our "Where's Webb?" post, many readers have written in offering good candidates for the state whose university health care facility will be the beneficiary of the $100 million payday under the mysterious provision at page 328 of the Obamacare manager's amendment that the Senate will be [...]
There is an obvious parallel between the Democrats in Congress, racing against an artificial deadline in an atmosphere of hysteria to pass a bill relating to health care, and the "world leaders" assembled in Copenhagen who, likewise, have frantically tried to reach some sort of agreement before their conference comes [...]
The Democrats' desperate effort to enact a health care bill--any health care bill!--flies in the face of a growing consensus of the American people that the existing proposals are half-baked and that Congress should abandon the issue for now. The current Rasmussen survey finds that the percentage of voters' [...]
Now that the Medicare expansion has been stripped from the Democrats' health care legislation, we would do well to focus on the Medicaid expansion. The legislation would expand eligibility for Medicaid to those whose income equals 133 percent or less of the poverty level. According to Mississippi Governor ' [...]
Over the weekend Redstate's Erick Erickson made an impassioned plea that Republican Senators avail themselves of every parliamentary device at their disposal to obstruct the nationalization of health care. We posted a long response from a GOP Senate source in "How is Obamacare to be stopped?" Today Republican [...]
Minnesota's Governor Tim Pawlenty was in New Hampshire yesterday. He gave a long interview to the Manchester Union Leader:
"President Obama was here in New Hampshire on New Hampshire primary night and said he was going to fix health care by bringing Republicans and Democrats together," he said. "Well, here" [...]
Howard Dean makes the leftist case against passing the current incarnation of health care reform legislation. He makes basically the same argument Yuval Levin sketched when he explained why liberals should oppose the legislation.
Doctor Dean explains:
Any measure that expands private insurers' monopoly over health care and' [...]
Yuval Levin points out that the way the health care legislative process has played out makes it easy to miss the forest for the trees. The trees were the public option, Medicare expansion, and abortion language; the forest is the legislation that exists now that nearly all of [...]
Over the weekend Redstate's Erick Erickson made an impassioned plea that Republican Senators avail themselves of every parliamentary device at their disposal to obstruct the nationalization of health care. We posted a long response from a GOP Senate source in "How is Obamacare to be stopped?"
Today Oklahoma's [...]
Fresh off their public humiliation at the hands of Lieberman, Obama and the Democrats were able to announce they are close to victory.
President Obama, surrounded by Senate Democratic leaders, said today “we are on the precipice” of major health care changes, though “there are still some differences that [...]
Senator Ben Nelson says he's not on board the latest incarnation of health care reform legislation. Nelson objects to the fact that the current proposal does not contain the language he wants with respect to abortion -- language that would preclude those receiving federal health-insurance subsidies from being' [...]
KELLIHER BROKE PROMISE OF FISCAL MODERATION
Kelliher: “Increasing Taxes Is Not The Top Priority.” “‘Minnesotans voted today really for the heart and soul of Minnesota, and what came out on top is education, health care and attacking those rising property taxes. I think what that means is that we will also [...]
Last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that a compromise had been reached with moderates, allowing the Senate to move forward on health care. Almost immediatly that proved to be untrue, as several Senators, most notably Senator Liebermann indicated they did not agree with the Medicare expansion. [...]
In Washington, it's being rumored that there is no health care "reform" bill for which Harry Reid can get 60 votes. Meanwhile, in Nevada, Reid is trailing every Republican challenger by an almost identical margin. The Democrats are dying on this issue: the current Rasmussen survey shows opponents of [...]
