In asking people I know their opinions about the House-passed health care bill, I’ve heard a couple of common points.
First, citing anger about costs, they see health reform as a good idea because insurance companies need to be put in their place. Second, as Christians, they are concerned about their [...]
Something I haven't heard reported as regards the $787 billion Stimulus bill that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8% is a cash transfer written into unemployment benefits. Everyone filing for and recieving a weekly check also gets an extra $25 paid out of the $787 billion. This is set' [...]
And that’s bad news for the 83% of Americans who won’t buy their health insurance through an “exchange.” The CBO report stresses that the increase in premiums will be offset by subsidies for those who qualify, but that means that American taxpayers will be footing the bill for [...]
The minute people start reading the CBO’s report on what the Senate’s health care bill does to their insurance premium is the minute the people will revolt. Here’s what the Hill Magazine is reporting:
Individual insurance premiums would increase by an average of 10 percent or more, according to an [...]
The minute people start reading the CBO's report on what the Senate's health care bill does to their insurance premium is the minute the people will revolt. Here's what the Hill Magazine is reporting:
Individual insurance premiums would increase by an average of 10 percent or more, according to an [...]
1. Will reduce the deficit
2. Will drastically expand health care coverage
3. Will not interfere with employer-based health insurance, for those who have it.
And now…
4. Will save families thousands of dollars on premiums.
That’s according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and MIT’s Jonathan Gruber [courtesy of Politico]. For [...]
The pen is mightier than the sword, something Governor Pawlenty proved earlier this year when, with the stroke of his pen, he used his line-item veto to eliminate the General Assistance Medical Care or GAMC program. GAMC is a state-funded health insurance program for [...]
After reading this post, I’m pretty certain that Maureen Reed isn’t a serious challenger. Listen to this worn-out spin:
“Bachmann claims her rally is to remind Congress of the town hall meetings over the summer, but those meetings were orchestrated by insurance companies opposed to meaningful reform from the start,” [...]
After reading this post, I'm certain that Maureen Reed isn't a serious challenger. Listen to this worn-out spin:
"Bachmann claims her rally is to remind Congress of the town hall meetings over the summer, but those meetings were orchestrated by insurance companies opposed to meaningful reform from the start," said [...]
Lois will be answering questions addressed to her here about health care reform on Saturday, 11/21, between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
As a child growing up in Marshall, Minn., I had asthma. My father, a Lutheran minister, had a family health insurance plan that, though it had [...]
The National Cooperative Business Association has sent an advisory to co-ops that the most recent health care bill outlined by Senate Democrats still use the word CO-OP for possible new health insurance companies. Hold on a minute, says the NCBA.
The Senate language refers to “Consumer Operated [...]
While both the Senate and House health-care bills guarantee access to health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions, neither one will do much to improve the affordability of health [...]
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Here at MN 2020 we are hard at work getting ready for the holidays. We just released our annual buy local report and I have been calling around to local businesses and artists to see if we can feature their products in our gift [...]
We recently learned that after ending health insurance for 30,000 of the poorest Minnesotans on a program called General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC), Governor Pawlenty plans to shift most of these individuals to MinnesotaCare. While MinnesotaCare has worked extremely well for working Minnesotans who are unable to access affordable health [...]
Why is it most people can’t quite grasp the classic misdirection being deployed by the democrats on the socialized medicine – destruction of private insurance - healthcare bill?
They load this POS up with all kinds of stuff the right and center find objectionable. Covering illegals, paying for abortions, jail [...]
The Sue Jeffers Show, Saturday 11-14-09, 4-7 PM KTLK, 100.3 FM
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -Mark Twain
Can we kill the bill?
US House of Representatives pass mandated health insurance legislation and largest, most expensive [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 13.
1. Jane Hamsher writes about a Goldman Sachs evaluation that says the House version of the public option would cause insurance stocks to drop 36% by 2019. Jane concludes, "It's hard to look at" [...]
Via Streetsblog, a Milwaukee business writer compares his home in Milwaukee with the condo he and his wife own in Spain and finds "all infrastructure — and no people":
What's the cost for living our American way? It's not just the thousands of dollars for the second car, insurance and [...]
It’s very fair to send people who disregard the federal mandate to buy health insurance to prison, Nancy Pelosi says, because otherwise they’ll assault citizens … with a bill for medical services … or something. Apparently, the occasionally unhealthy have become such a security risk that we need to imprison [...]
