Posts Tagged ‘health care’

New GOP House to Go After Health Care

Filed under: Compassion Watch | Congress | Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 01/2/2011 @ 10:58:20 AM
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“The new Republican-controlled House plans to schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care overhaul before President Barack Obama delivers his annual State of the Union … [Keep reading >>]

Deadly Spin: Insurance Companies and Deceipt

Filed under: Books | Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 11/8/2010 @ 3:28:07 PM
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The Center for Media and Democracy’s Senior Fellow on Health Care, Wendell Potter, has a new tell-all book coming out November 9, Deadly Spin: An insurance company insider speaks out … [Keep reading >>]

Judge Rejects Legal Challenge to Health Care Overhaul

Filed under: Health & Welfare | Law — by Will Kirkland 10/7/2010 @ 2:22:48 PM
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The first of many, I’m sure….
A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to stop some key provisions of the new national health-care law, saying Congress has the authority to … [Keep reading >>]

Mad as Hell Doctors in Marin

Filed under: California | Health & Welfare | Marin County — by Bob Meyer 09/22/2010 @ 7:27:10 AM
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Nutters on the Right

Filed under: FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 04/8/2010 @ 4:44:13 PM
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In the last few days several extremely unpleasant individuals have been arrested for threatening public officials with bodily harm.  So far they seem to be un-hinged in ways deeper than … [Keep reading >>]

Back Room Story on Health Care

Filed under: Obama Administration | Politics — by Will Kirkland 03/23/2010 @ 9:08:52 PM
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Pretty interesting if you are interested in the nitty-gritty of how the bill squeaked through, and (we hope) the lessons Obama learned.
As Pelosi and Reid left the White House that … [Keep reading >>]

When Will Rush Limblow Move to Costa Rica?

Filed under: Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 03/22/2010 @ 8:23:42 PM
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Mr. Limbaugh promised to move to Costa Rica if health care reform passed.

Well, maybe not. You choose: Liar. Idiot. … [Keep reading >>]

Health Care Finish Line

Filed under: Congress | Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 03/21/2010 @ 8:25:13 AM
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Update Sunday Night: 7:35 pm.  The voting is beginning; a 15 minute vote.

The Dems are shouting on the floor:  One More Vote One More Vote!  then erupting into applause.

At 7:46 … [Keep reading >>]

Health Care: Call Now

Filed under: Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 03/18/2010 @ 9:27:25 PM
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Update:  From TPM

As of 11:00 a.m. ET March 19:

Undecided Dems Who Voted ‘No’ On The House Health Care Bill

John Tanner (D-TN), Brian Baird (D-WA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Suzanne Kosmas … [Keep reading >>]

CBO Numbers: Another No-Brainer for Health Reform

Filed under: Economy | Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 03/18/2010 @ 1:12:32 PM
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Of course  it’s only a no-brainer for those with brains.  For too many others, who make important, life altering decisions from other parts of the body, it doesn’t matter what … [Keep reading >>]

Its The Access, Stupid

Filed under: Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 03/18/2010 @ 9:03:46 AM
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Nicholas Kristoff….
…great health care is often less about breakthrough technologies than it is about access. And for all the disagreements about President Obama’s health care proposal, let’s focus on this: … [Keep reading >>]

Narcissus Will Drown Us All

Filed under: Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 02/23/2010 @ 2:40:31 PM
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Roger Cohen adds a fine piece on the health care myopia afflicting the Tea Partiers….

Now, as I understand it, the Tea Party movement is angry about waste, bail-outs for the … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

Rita Atria -- The Sicilian Rebel



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