CBO Rains On Reform Parade…again
July 26th, 2009
As you know by now I am obsessed with the Blue Dogs, the group of 52 fiscally conservative Dems in the House. Most of the infighting within the Democratic Party is of course led by the Dogs themselves and centers on the cost of health reform, specifically the balance between cost savings and new taxes and the overall [...]
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Top Dog: “I’ve been lied to…”
July 24th, 2009
It’s really getting ugly. From The Hill: House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with Blue Dog Democrats saying they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders. The main culprit appears to be Henry Waxman, the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee: The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee [...]
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The $2,000,000,000,000 Summer Vacation
July 22nd, 2009
Does anyone else wonder what the hurry is? Really–can anyone tell me what is so important about the August recess??? It is starting to look like a very expensive vacation to me. Why is it that we have to have a top to bottom overhaul of the healthcare system–the $2 trillion healthcare economy that employs [...]
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Sustinet: Universal Healthcare in CT by 2012
July 21st, 2009
The CT State legislature’s override of the Sustinet veto will bring universal healthcare to CT by 2012. Let me start by saying for the record that I believe that the effort to provide comprehensive, affordable health insurance for all is a very important economic and social public policy. I have worked in the health insurance [...]
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With Congressional and Public Support Wavering, Obama Ratchets Up Pressure and Rhetoric on Reform
July 20th, 2009
Judging from the tone and tenor of President Obama’s statement on Friday and his stinging weekly radio/internet address on Saturday, it was not a good week for health reform…the President is not a happy man. But he is a smart man, and he senses the momentum for health reform slipping away. He is siezing control of the agenda big time, [...]
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