Here's a thumbnail comparison of the three approaches to health care reform -- House Democrats (the bill that passed); House Republicans; Senate Democrats.
(Senate Republicans aren't offering a bill.)
Wonks can consult the CBO scores attached below (CBO later updated the score on the House Dems' bill; that [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.
That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping remake of the U.S. medical [...]
This seems like a fairly obvious point, especially given the frustration from progressives (including me) over his vote on the House Democrats' health care bill, but Ike Skelton isn't exactly a pawn in some sort of leftist plot to destroy America.
This tweet from the News-Leader's Chad Livengood about the House Democrats' health care bill got my heart racing yesterday:
Under House health care bill, failure to buy insurance will become a felony w/ 5-year jail time: [tinyurl.com]
This makes about as much sense as saying there are new criminal penalties' [...]
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The American Medical Association and AARP endorsed health care legislation drafted by top House Democrats.
This kind of junk at a rally organized and headlined by [...]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer's response to the House Democrats' health care proposal (noted here yesterday) is an amazing display of half-truths and deliberate misinformation. Taken almost verbatim from a "Reading Guide" published by the House Republican Conference, Luetkemeyer gets it wrong on the supposed prohibition [...]
Officials are telling The Associated Press that AARP - the seniors' lobby - will endorse the health care overhaul bill that House Democrats are preparing to take to the floor.
Officials with knowledge of the group's decision told The Associate Press on Wednesday that the' [...]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer released a list of reasons why he opposes the House Democrats' health care plan yesterday. It's a pretty standard list of Republican talking points: laughable claims from the insurance industry-owned Lewin Group (Blaine calls them "on-partisan actuaries"), bureaucrats are bad, anything "government-run" is bad, etc.
The first' [...]
There may be a perfectly reasonable explanation for this switcheroo -- but the WSJ has replaced a story titled "GOP Health Bill Gives Insurers More Leeway" with a different article about the proposal from House Democrats called "Flash Points Linger in Health Bill."
via [...]
The next time Roy Blunt and his Republican colleagues complain that are a lot of pages in the House Democrats' health care bill, he should be asked to explain what's changed since November 2003, and explain why he's not an enormous, gargantuan hypocrite. Recall:
"We're going to [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
Senior Democratic House aides said the bill would likely include a version [...]
