The next front in the abortion wars…
Paul Ryan in 2000: Women’s Health Exception Would Make Abortion Ban Meaningless … Continue reading
Tag Archives: healthcare
About that $700 billion in Medicare “cuts”
For CNN, Soledad O’Brien fact-checks the Republican claim that Obama is cutting Medicare benefits, and finds that it’s incorrect. Excellent work by O’Brien here in holding Sununu accountable to reality. You can view the original interview at the CNN web … Continue reading
Congress gets health care coverage. Why shouldn’t you?
I guess we could do what Republicans want, and put the insurance companies, unregulated, back in charge. … Continue reading
Waiting for a revelation
I think much of what needs to be said about the assassination attempt on Rep. Giffords has been said. It’s a sad day for our country when citizens, judges, children, and political figures are shot down in broad daylight in … Continue reading
Hypocrisy from the GetGo
So, the House is going to start out with a vote to repeal the affordable care act on Jan. 12. You can see the two-page bill here (.PDF file). It’s pretty amusing that in two pages of large double-spaced type, … Continue reading
Disapproval of the health care bill
A new poll reinforces something I’ve discussed before on this blog, that the majority “disapproval” of the Affordable Care Act is not because a majority wants to repeal the bill or disapproves of government involvement in regulating health care. The … Continue reading
Opposition to health care reform
I was always puzzled when right-wing activists pointed out that a majority of the population was against the health care reform act, without noting that much of the opposition came from people who wanted HCR to go much further in … Continue reading