Category Archives: Health Care

“Slaughter’s Solution” — Health Bill Procedure Ready To Go

Should the House pass the Sen­ate bill first? Can the Sen­ate take up changes to an unpassed bill? Accord­ing to House Rules Chair Louise Slaugh­ter, the ques­tion is moot: Slaugh­ter is weigh­ing prepar­ing a rule that would con­sider the Sen­ate bill passed once the House approves a cor­rec­tions bill that would make changes to the …

11 March 2010 – 3:04 am | By Benjamin Daniels | Posted in Health Care | Tagged , | Comments (307)

Palin: Health Bill Too Conservative

She might as well have said it: “We used to hus­tle over the bor­der for health care we received in Canada,” she said. “And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” You can just imag­ine her think­ing “…because I want to deny Amer­i­can cit­i­zens that same qual­ity of care.”

8 March 2010 – 4:59 pm | By Benjamin Daniels | Posted in Health Care | Tagged , , , | Comments (43)

The Health Bill Is Really What Republicans Want

Yet they lie and lie and lie about it. Let’s just ask the most pop­u­lar con­ser­v­a­tive financier in the world, War­ren Buf­fett: “I would vote for the Sen­ate bill.” Ah yes he would. Now let’s see what some promi­nent Repub­li­cans have said about that. Christopher Buck­ley: Get­ting back to Buf­fett, why should we lis­ten to him? Because in …

8 March 2010 – 2:43 pm | By Benjamin Daniels | Posted in Health Care | Tagged , , | Comments (45)