[Cross-posted from the ProgressMass blog. Like ProgressMass on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.] During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Republican Charlie Baker and his running mate encountered embarrassing episodes in which they … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2, 2014
Another special election coming: Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) will resign
Globe: One of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s top deputies plans to resign this month, according to people familiar with the decision, a move that would also remove from House leadership a chief advocate for a casino in … [Read more...]
Michael Moore speaks the unspeakable truth about ACA
Mainly that it's awful, and not nearly as good as single payer. But he goes onto defend it as better than nothing, and also give shoutouts to Vermont for experimenting with single payer and our own State Senator Jamie Eldridge here in … [Read more...]
Raise the minimum wage, but don’t cut unemployment benefits
Rampant income and economic inequality is the most serious challenge we face as a Commonwealth. This morning, single parents working full time minimum wage jobs woke up to earn $8 an hour. To fight income inequality, we need to raise the … [Read more...]
The ACA Health Insurance Providers Fee
There are already a few threads on this subject, but since there seems to be considerable interest I thought it would be better to start a new one to discuss the substance of the Health Insurance Providers Fee imposed by Sec. 9010(a) of the … [Read more...]