Posts filed under “Health Care”
How Would A Politician Do it?
Sue Lowden is the leading candidate in the Nevada Republican primary to pick a challenger to Harry Reid. She was widely expected to win the primary, and go on to defeat Reid in November. But that was before she began to spell out her views on how the American health care system can be improved. [...]
Anatomy Of The Republican Lie-Of-The-Week
It is rumored that Newt Gingrich once told the truth about the current political topic of the day. But that was apparently a long time ago. And he was under medication at the time. This week he pushed the Republican Lie-of-the-Week on Fox News: One of the things in the health bill is 16,000 additional [...]
The Questionable Judgment Of Dr. Jack Cassell
Dr. Jack Cassell, if you don’t recognize the name right away, is what can only be described as a political urologist. He received his 15-minute dose of fame last Friday, when there was a storm of outrage over a sign he posted on his office door: A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to [...]
Ugly Americans (contd.)
The post-healthcare-reform ugliness continues: Two conservative Tea Party activists posted the address of the home (of Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother) on the Internet on Monday, mistakenly believing it was the home of the congressman. One of the activists urged others to “drop by” and “express their thanks” for Perriello’s vote in favor of health care [...]
Ghosts In The Gallery?
Randy Neugebauer is a Republican member of the House, whose enduring claim to fame for the foreseeable future is going to be how he shouted “Baby killer” at Bart “Stupid?” Stupak during Sunday night’s extended healthcare bill debate. What you may not see reported in the mainstream media, though, is how the price of Randy [...]
Go Ahead, Gramps, Make My Day!
Yes, I know that John McCain has been a few marbles short of a functioning brain for a while now. But this is pretty absurd even for a senile old Republican facing a primary challenge from the far right. He’s sent out a fundraising letter saying: I believe we must repeal this bill immediately. He [...]
In Praise of Steve Benen
Steve Benen is a friend of mine, so my re-broadcasting this shout-out may not mean very much. But I don’t know that he’s a friend of Andrew Sabl‘s. And he’s the guy who wrote it. Success has many parents (of both sexes), and in this case needed more than one Godfather. I won’t dissent from [...]
The Call Of History
Last night, President Obama said: Tonight, we answered the call of history as so many generations of Americans have before us. Nobody who has followed the heathcare reform debate could have heard that, and not immediately thought of Olympia Snowe‘s “But when history calls, history calls…” Obama’s remark served to remind everyone how dismally Snowe [...]
Stupakery?
At some point last night, after a Healthcare Reform celebration dinner that spanned three different establishments of fine dining, I got to reflecting on the Stupak charade. Boiled down to its essentials, here’s what Stupak did. He fabricated an issue entirely without merit, recruited a gang that couldn’t think straight, licked his pencil and wrote [...]
Heathcare Vote Timeline
We still don’t know what will happen, but there finally seems to be some kind of timeline as to when it will happen. Or not. Here is a rough estimate of the timing for Sunday’s votes: 2 p.m.: The House will debate for one hour the rules of debate for the reconciliation bill and the [...]