I spent the last few days glued to CSPAN listening to both the Republican and the Democratic view points on health care reform. The Republicans did a lot of fear mongering but offered no solutions at all.
They came off a little bit heartless. Making it seem that [...]
The press releases are out.
Sen. Richard Burr takes a jab at the bill’s length but basically has a neutral statement.
Last night, Majority Leader Reid unveiled the Democrats’ health care reform bill. It is expected we will have an initial, procedural vote on the bill sometime this weekend. While I [...]
In his “Monday’s numbers” column, Chris Fitzsimon looks at campaign contributions and presents some interesting findings.
Progressive Voices commentator Barlow Herget writes “A letter to the blue dogs” chastising them for their ‘nay’ votes on health care reform and posing the question “Who’s going to vote for you?”.
In his [...]
In a piece published in the Whiteville News Reporter, Rep. Mike McIntyre explained the reasoning behind his “no” vote on the House health care legislation:
The need for health care reform is clear, but the legislation just passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, which I voted against, represented an [...]
Add talk show host and comedian Wanda Sykes to the list of national shows that have taken a shot at U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk.
Sykes derided Foxx's most recent outrage-inducing remark, that health care reform legislation poses a greater danger than any [...]
I recently attended the Old North State Medical Society’s Health Care Reform Banquet. The keynote speaker was national health care policy expert Kenneth Thorpe.
Thorpe worked on the Clinton health care reform attempt. He said obesity contributes to health care costs. He stressed prevention as an important part [...]
Over at UNC Chapel Hill, students say the campus medical facility for undergraduates is old and inconveniently located. They want a new one – until they’re told they need to pay for it by raising student fees, or by finding private funds. Suddenly, it may not be such a [...]
Sheldon Richman makes the case that “health care reform” is not about health care, medical care or health insurance at all. It’s about government power.
If the politicians who are bent on redesigning the medical and medical-insurance industries really wanted only to curb rising prices and help the uninsured get [...]
This is incredible.
To all who would cast U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as political villain, Heath Shuler had this to say: “She’s the most misunderstood person in Washington.”
Along with questions about health care reform and cap-and-trade legislation, students wanted to know what Pelosi is like as a person.
“She’s very misunderstood,” [...]
In his Weekly Briefing “Okay, let’s go over this one more time“, Rob Schofield provides just with just the simple facts about health care reform.
Share and Enjoy:In an N&O article, Sen. Kay Hagan says, “I think people have to get their heads around this, that we can’t continue where we are right now …We’re in a window of opportunity right now, and it’s time for health care reform in our country.”
Reform – yes. The type [...]
U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell's vote against health care reform legislation ranked as one of the toughest votes in the House, and also one of the most bizarre, according to Washington Post blogger Chris "The Fix" Cillizza.
Cillizza gamed out the five toughest votes for the [...]
As far as I can tell, only Tennessee matched us in having three Democrats actually vote against health care reform – more than any other state. This is pretty embarrassing for a state that voted for Obama for President and where there was an unprecedented battle over the last few [...]
In the various battles on Capitol Hill and elsewhere, working out the details of health care reform, many compromises have already been made. During this time, the most critical part of health care reform, the public option, has been teetering on the chopping block. I believe that many Democrats view [...]
After a vote to weaken and limit coverage for women, the U.S. House passed landmark health care reform legislation.
OK, so it is bi-partisan by only one vote. Joseph Cao from Louisiana voted Yea.
[...]It becomes more and more obvious that health care reform is needed. In just one short Google search on the NC 11th Congressional district the following information was found. It is appalling that the amount of uninsured in the district. In a quick search of Congressman Shuler’s official website ([...]
Keep up the pressure. This oppression of American freedom has to be stopped.
The Obama Administration’s push for health care reform suffered a severe blow from North Carolina’s Eighth U.S. Congressional District after Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell announced he will vote “No” on the bill being presented.
In a statement, Kissell said [...]
Perhaps that reader was you? In any event, the complete text of the bill, H.R. 3962 is available for your perusal on Congressman David Price’s website (h/t Lenice Williams), should you care to attempt it. Also, links to an overview of the bill, section-by-section summaries, and [...]
President Obama bragged yesterday about AARP’s endorsement of the latest health care reform proposal, claiming the endorsement should silent criticism regarding how seniors will be treated under the new plan. In his speech, Obama said:
The AARP knows this bill will make health care more affordable. They know it will make coverage [...]
Candidate Larry Kissell was singing a much different tune on health care reform last year than Congressman Larry Kissell is today. Take a look at our latest video.
(Link updated by James)
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