I’ve just been swamped and haven’t had the time or the desire to write… and I’m recovering from surgery at the moment. I swear the next person who tells me how awful our health care system is is going to get slapped… Like most people I try to avoid doctors and hospitals as much as […]
Health Care Reform
John Conyers: Idiot
Every member of Congress swears an oath to defend the United States Constitution “… against all enemies, foreign and domestic …” It’s kind of hard to do that if like House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) you don’t know what it says: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said the “good and […]
Video: Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge
Ouch: Don’t worry Jack, we will! Most open and ethical Congress in history… Heh!
Bah Humbug: Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill
The Senate this morning voted to pass Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Health Care Reform bill… A.K.A. the single biggest crap sandwich ever foisted on Americans. The vote was 60-39 entirely along party lines with all the Democrats voting for it and Republicans voting against it: In a vote resonating with history, Senate Democrats early Christmas […]
Tom Coburn: Senate Health Care Bill is Scarier Than You Think
I have no doubt that critics will claim Dr. Tom Coburn’s Wall Street Journal op-ed is nothing but scare tactics… But the simple truth is if quoting from the bill scares people maybe the bill itself isn’t such good idea: My 25 years as a practicing physician have shown me what happens when government attempts […]
Michael Moore: Start recall of Lieberman 2day or we’ll boycott your state.
I don’t know what’s funnier this tweet by nutroots clown prince Michael Moore: People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country? We hold u responsible. Start recall of Lieberman 2day or we’ll boycott your state. Or this statement by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro: “No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and […]
Tom Coburn Fires Warning Shot Across Harry Reid’s Bow
Things got little interesting in the Senate earlier today when Senator Tom Coburn fired what can best be called a warning shot across Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bow. Sen. Coburn refused to allow unanimous consent on Sen. Bernie Sander’s single payer amendment to the health care reform bill and demanded that they read entire […]
Senate Democrats Reach Health Reform Compromise; Drop Public Option
From the Wall Street Journal: Senior Senate Democrats reached tentative agreement Tuesday night to abandon the government-run insurance plan in their health-overhaul bill and to expand Medicare coverage to some people ages 55 to 64, clearing the most significant hurdle so far in getting a bill that can pass Congress. Liberals dropped the public insurance […]
House Passes Health Care Refore Bill
I meant to post this yesterday but it slipped through the cracks of what was another manic Monday. The House of Representatives passed Nancy Pelosi’s 1,990 page health care reform bill by a vote of 220 to 215 on Saturday night. The House of Representatives late Saturday night approved a historic bill to remake the […]
AMA May Withdraw Health Care Reform Endorsement
It looks like the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees decision to endorse the House Health Care Reform bill is about to backfire. A significant chunk of the group is upset that the Trustee’s made the endorsement without the formal approval of the organization’s House of Delegates and is pushing a resolution that, if approved, […]
Steny Hoyer: We Don’t Have the Votes… Yet.
From the Associated Press: House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday that the make-or-break vote on […]
Joe Lieberman: I’ll Block Vote on Harry Reid’s Health Care Reform Plan
From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance program — even […]
Fact Check: The U.S. Ranks 37th in the World in Health Care.
Health care reform advocates love to quote the World Health Organization report that claims the U.S. ranks 37th in the world in health care. That study is as Carl Bialik, the Wall Street Journal’s numbers guy, explains in today’s edition is nearly a decade old and relies on statistics that are even older or incomplete: […]
Jack and Squat: Obama Not Leading on Health Care Reform, Says Dem Congressman
From The Hill: President Barack Obama is falling short as Democrats’ leader in the fight for health reform, according to a freshman Dem lawmaker. Freshman Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) openly lamented the Obama administration’s calculated decision to let the House and Senate craft their own health bills, with the congressman blaming the president for the […]
Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform Bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted largely along party lines to approve committee chairman Max Baucus’s Health Care Reform Bill earlier today: A key U.S. Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority. The Democratic-controlled Senate […]