A Public Health Plan and Competition
The purpose of a public plan, according to its advocates, is to assure a competitive marketplace. The result will be lower costs, they argue, because a government-run health plan will keep private...
View ArticleObama Speech Accomplishes Much, But It’s Only a Start
Agree with him or not, President Barack Obama knows how to deliver a speech. Anyone free of Pavlovian conditioning against the man would admit his address to Congress Wednesday night was powerful and...
View ArticleSenate Finance Committee Rejects Government-run Health Insurance Plan
The Senate Finance Committee continues to refine its health care reform legislation. Today it broke ranks with other Congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care reform by defeating...
View ArticlePublic Option Compromises Gain Traction
President Barack Obama wants a public insurance plan to compete with private carriers. Democrats in the House of Representatives want a government-run plan. Apparently so do a majority of Democrats in...
View ArticleHouse Health Care Reform Bill: Some Varied Perspectives
One person’s socialism is another’s sellout. At least that’s the way it seems to go when it comes to health care reform. And it certainly must appear that way to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who today...
View ArticleLiberal’s Approach to Health Care Reform Made Abortion Controversy Inevitable
Democrats paid a heavy toll to keep health care reform moving forward. They were forced to accept substantial and virtually unprecedented limits on abortion coverage in order to get the Affordable...
View ArticleHouse and Senate Health Care Reform Bills Mark the Beginning of the Endgame
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is unveiling his health care reform plan after it received passing grades from the Congressional Budget Office. Whether he has the 60 votes he needs to bring the bill...
View ArticleNew Elements Added to Health Care Reform Debate
I haven’t been writing much of late. The Senate debate has simply been too predictable to merit much comment. The partisan attacks could have been scripted months ago. The votes unsurprising, and the...
View ArticleWhy Liberals Won’t Kill Health Care Reform
For those opposed to the current versions of health care reform moving through Congress it might be enjoyable to see the Democrat versus Democrat circus currently underway in Washington. Both parties...
View ArticleHow New Health Care Reforms Make Single Payer Less Likely
There are those who view the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama, as the first step toward a complete government...
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