Campaign for America’s Future By Robert Borosage August 19, 2009 – 9:54am ET The editors of the Wall Street Journal say that the public option in health care reform has been “sent to the death panel.” Obama “concedes” the public option, reports the Financial Times. Even liberals seem to agree. The public option is “all [...]
Archive for August, 2009
23 Aug
The Health Care Mess: Who’s To Blame?
Campaign for America’s Future By Bernie Horn August 20, 2009 – 7:05am ET August has been a frustrating month for progressives who seek quality, affordable health care for every American. Why does the Administration vacillate? Why does the media legitimize the opinions of right-wing liars and kooks? Why can’t congressional leaders get their act together? [...]
23 Aug
5 Myths About Health Care Around the World
…the following article goes, in my opinion, a long way towards debunking much of the noise the right-wingers and the born-agains have-generated pertaining the the scope, intent, and merit of the health care proposal… Jim O’ washingtonpost.com 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World By T.R. Reid Sunday, August 23, 2009 As Americans search [...]
22 Aug
H. R. 3200
111TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3200 To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 14, 2009 For the brave ones: here is the link to the GPO’s PDF of HR3200. Let us hope that our [...]
22 Aug
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL INFORMATION PROJECT
http://www.ourfuture.org/healthcare 1. Public Health Insurance Plan Advocates Flex Muscles on Healthcare Reform, by Mike Soraghan, The Hill, August 20, 2009 2. House Progressives Release New Report That Backs Decision To Not Support Health Reform Without The Public Option, press call with Jacob Hacker, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL-Minn, August 21, 2009. [...]
21 Aug
A Little More Heat, Please
By Eugene Robinson Friday, August 21, 2009 Here’s the least surprising news of the week: Americans are souring on the Democratic Party. The wonder is that it’s taken so long for public opinion to curdle. There’s nothing agreeable about watching a determined attempt to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. A poll released Wednesday [...]
21 Aug
And Why Are We in Afghanistan?
Posted by Digby, Hullabaloo at 8:00 AM on August 20, 2009. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting. The DFHs have convinced the nation about another misguided war. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting and just a quarter say more [...]
20 Aug
Paging Dr. Reform
Dr. Denis Cortese. (Courtesy Of Mayo Clinic – Courtesy Of Mayo Clinic) By David Ignatius Thursday, August 20, 2009 Reading the transcripts of President Obama’s “town hall meetings” this month on heath-care reform is painful. He’s preaching the right gospel, but the parishioners are getting restless. The harder he tries to sell his program, the [...]
20 Aug
Lincoln’s Prophecy for the GOP
By Harold Meyerson Thursday, August 20, 2009 Sen. Charles Grassley was grumping as usual on MSNBC on Monday morning (“the government is a predator, not a competitor”) when journalist Chuck Todd interrupted his rap with a serious question. If the Senate Finance Committee’s bipartisan Gang of Six comes up with a compromise that you think [...]
20 Aug
Devaluing Doctors — and Care
By Marshall Ackerman Thursday, August 20, 2009 Physicians have been cast as the villains in the drama that our national health-care debate has become. We stand accused of raising charges to private insurers to compensate for low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements as well as care of the uninsured or illegal immigrants; doing more to get [...]
20 Aug
Campaign for America’s Future LA Times previews today’s presidential outreach on health care: [1] “Obama will hold a strategy session today with many of his supporters from the presidential campaign, a massive army that has yet to make its weight felt on healthcare. He is also scheduled to sit down with one of the country’s [...]
