Category Archives: Healthcare

Now THIS is spin… “There is no requirement to buy health insurance”

I thought I had seen spin before, but this one goes in the record books… This is actually spin of a badly worded bill into what would have been really good policy! But SPIN this is! Debbie Wasserman Shultz says … Continue reading

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Whining Over Waxman

Henry Waxman D-CA (30th District).  Ya gotta love this guy.  One of the few Democrats in Congress with a backbone.  He has had the intestinal fortitude to ask the right questions of the right people.  It was him actually asked … Continue reading

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Medtronic’s Supposed “Permanent Layoffs” due the Healthcare Bill

There has been a silly story traveling around the right-wing punditry that Medtronic was announcing “Permanent Layoffs” due to the passage of the healthcare bill.  I know Medtronic (a medical device manufacturer) would be taking a hit from the excise … Continue reading

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Huge Corporate “Losses” due to Healthcare Bill – Great Talking Point

I am sure we have seen all of this.  Turn on Fox News at any time day or night, and they will show you a graphic depicting the financial losses of AT&T, Caterpillar, 3M, John Deere, and a few other … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two States

Their is certainly a frustration on the part of Governors on their inability to control their Attorneys General. This is all over the lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the individual mandate to buy health insurance. Every legal scholar I … Continue reading

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Filed under Attorney General, Healthcare, Rob McKenna, Thurbert Baker

Boortz’s Rant on the Healthcare Bill

As I have posted numerous times, I think the healthcare bill passed by the Senate (and last night by the House) is garbage.  No, it’s not a “Government takeover”, and there are no death panels, and it’s not socialized medicine … Continue reading

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Bratty Spoiled Children

h/t to Crooks and Liars. Say what you want about the Healthcare bill.  I’m not a fan of it myself. Here are House and Senate Republicans acting like 4 year olds.  Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) threatens anyone who votes for … Continue reading

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A Public Option That Makes Sense

I posted about this before. Alan Grayson’s “Public Option Act” now has 50 sponsors in the House. It is not incompatible with the Senate bill. It simply lets everyone have the option to buy into Medicare. (No subsidies. If you … Continue reading

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This is sad

I watched Bret Baier’s interview with Obama today on the healthcare bill. Bret Baier is a pretty lightweight journalist, and didn’t have any earth-shattering questions for the President. He just asked if Obama supports the maneuvers that Pelosi (deem and … Continue reading

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Dennis Kucinich has gone wishy-washy

Obama takes Kucinich for a ride on Air Force One, and here is the result.  He is now SUPPORTING this horrible healthcare bill. This man had more integrity than the entire house combined.  He always stood on principle.  Now apparently, … Continue reading

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