Posted on March 13th, 2010 by Scott Nance
With Democrats moving ever-closer to moving healthcare reform across the legislative finish line, initiatives to block that reform on the state-level have expanded to 38 states, according to a conservative organization promoting the so-called Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.
Virginia earlier this month became the first state in the nation to enact legislation [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Conservatives, Healthcare, In The News, Obama Administration, Politics, State & Local Politics, Wingnuts
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Scott Nance
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) say they intend this week to introduce legislation that would extend by six months the extra financial help states are receiving to help cover the costs of their Medicaid programs.
The legislation would extend by six months the increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by Berry Craig
President Obama, bless his heart, evidently thought the nation would have a reasoned and respectful debate on health care reform.
Oh, ye of liberal faith.
Anyway, I’d been waiting for some Democrat to turn the tables on the shrieking, swastika-sign waving yahoos who show up at the town hall-style forums to demonize the president and the Democrats who want to overhaul our [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The battle for healthcare reform is starting to get very, very ugly. I’ve not had much time of late to blog, but there’s some pieces in today’s news I want to make sure readers catch. First off, is the whacky statement that Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook today. Palin said:
The America I know and [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Conservatives, Democrats, Healthcare, House of Reps, In The News, News Media, OP/ED's, Obama Administration, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Time Magazine, WaPo
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Berry Craig
Louisville union activist Kay Tillow says a near empty collection jar she saw in a restaurant symbolizes the unfairness of America’s private health care system.
“It had a sign that said, ‘Eric and Misty need help. Eric has come down with lymphoma and can no longer work and afford health care. Can you help?’
“There were just a [...]
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Filed under: Berry Craig, Democrats, Healthcare, In The News, Politics
Posted on October 29th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Barack Obama is seizing upon a gaffe by McCain adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, about the Republican candidates’ health care plan. When the adviser was asked on CNN Money about young workers abdoning employment based health care. ”Why would they leave?” he said. “What they are getting from their employer is way better than what they could get with the credit.”
The [...]
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Filed under: General Election, Healthcare, The Country Doc
Posted on October 11th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Last week two health care experts sounded the alarm that health care may be the next national meltdown on the same scale as the banking industry. Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and Kenneth Thorpe, PhD of the executive director of the Emory Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions and former deputy assistant of policy at HHS under Clinton, met [...]
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Filed under: Economy, Healthcare, The Country Doc
Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
(Promoted by Stuart O’Neill from the article by County Doc and his subsequent answer in the comment section. Hope you don’t mind, Country Doc. This is a worthy subject.)
Since Stuart has goated me on, studies show that walk-in clinics are less expensive that an ER visit, but more expensive than a primary care office for [...]
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Filed under: Healthcare, Stuart O'Neill, The Country Doc
Posted on October 5th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Finally! I heard a report on NPR this morning and the Obama website confirms that the Democratic presidential campaign is going to ramp up efforts to discuss health care this week. Over the next week Sen. Obama will hold over two dozen events in nine battleground states with health care as a major point of [...]
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Filed under: Campaign Ad, Election '08, Healthcare, John McCain '08
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Jeralyn posted an “An Open letter to Hillary Clinton Supporters” on TalkLeft today that is a must read for all those Clinton supporters still threatening to vote for McCain or a third party candidate.
Here’s some excerpts:
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Tags: American Servicemen, Clinton Supporters, Energy Policy, Environmental Degradation, Finance Terrorism, Glass Ceiling, Health Care System, Hillary [...]
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Filed under: DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, Obama-Biden 08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Sen. Hillary Clinton
