Health Care Reform


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Health Care Reform's Hidden Tax Gem

By Sam Pizzigati
March 28, 2010

The health care reform legislation President Obama signed into law last week takes a little-noticed but precedent-setting swipe at executive pay excess.

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On Health Reform, Three Cheers for Kucinich (And Ann Coulter's Still Alive! Who Knew?)

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
March 18, 2010

The CBO now says health reform will cut the Federal deficit by $138 billion That's a win for the bill's backers, and should make it tougher for self-described 'fiscal conservatives' in the Democratic Party to vote against this bill. (No, let's re-frame that as a positive statement: It will make it easier for Conservadems to embrace this bill.) Now what's left is a battle between two clear political philosophies on the left and right: The principled but pragmatic progressivism embodied by Dennis Kucinich, or the nihilistic fury and self-interest that's best represented by Ann Coulter. Since both Coulder and Kucinich had a lot to say about health reform this week, it's worth taking a moment to compare and contrast their philosophies. more »

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Why Caddell's Wrong - Passing The Bill Will Help Democrats

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
March 13, 2010

There's a lot of buzz in health care circles about an editorial in today's Washington Post entitled "If Democrats ignore health-care polls, midterms will be costly." That could be dangerous: the author's conclusions are contradicted, not supported, by the available facts. more »

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Reconciliation: Byrd Invokes "Byrd Rule" - Kent Conrad and EJ Dionne Get It Right

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
March 4, 2010

Robert Byrd just came out in favor of using reconciliation in health reform. Since reconciliation's also known as the "Byrd rule," that's a definitive a confirmation of its legitimacy as you can get. more »

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What's In The President's Health Care Plan?

By Jason Rosenbaum
February 23, 2010

Over the past few weeks, House and Senate Democratic leaders have been working to craft a compromise between their two health care bills that were passed over the last few months. more »

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Senate Health Care Bill Gets Upper-Hand In Final Talks? Let's Finish Reform Right.

By Bill Scher
January 4, 2010

The Huffington Post is reporting that the House-Senate health care negotiations are going to use the weaker Senate version as their starting point. more »

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Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill. Improve It.

By Roger Hickey
December 22, 2009

The blogosphere is aflame with debate over the Senate health care bill. I've just been sent 10 reasons (in one blog post) why progressives should kill the bill and start over in the battle to really reform health care. more »

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Where Health Reform Stands: Senate vs. House

By Jason Rosenbaum
December 21, 2009

Last month, history was made. The House of Representatives passed a health care bill that gave the American people what they want.

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What Your Favorite Blogger May Not Be Telling You About Health Reform

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
December 21, 2009

The progressive  "journo/blogospere" is sharply split over the Senate health bill.  Some, like Jane Hamsher and more »

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The Senate Health Bill: The Price of Everything

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
December 20, 2009

Our new piece on the politics and policy of the Senate's health reform deal is up at The Huffington Post, and it addresses the excise tax at several points: more »

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