There has been a lot of he said, he said going on the past couple of days. The barbs have been flying between the branches and the Governor's office. Each has accused the other of being the chief impediment to any compromise on health … [Read more...]
Ask and ye shall receive
Teddy Kennedy is getting involved in the health care negotiations. (Thanks to Andy for the catch.) This was what John McDonough suggested a few days ago, and I reiterated this morning. Teddy's apparently telling everyone to cool it … [Read more...]
Health Care: Airing the dirty laundry
Well, it seems that Mitt, Trav and Sal have decided to go public with their differences on the health care bill negotiations. Again, 'BUR had a decent report today, heavy on Mitt's and Trav's criticisms of DiMasi for being "obstructionist". … [Read more...]
Health Care Reform – Real Risks
What "risk" is Anderson speaking of? Romney and Trav are right there in the sand box with him. Is it risk from DiMasi? The Speaker is rumored to have made overtures of compromise on the issue, but the other boys in the sandbox keep throwing … [Read more...]
Health Care conferees: Open it up
Word is that things have gotten really, really bitter behind the scenes of the health care conference committee. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. And I think it comes from a huge difference of opinion of what's "politically … [Read more...]
Health Care’s Strange Bedfellows
What is truly behind the health care stalemate on Beacon Hill? Rumor has it that Sal DiMasi has begrudgingly compromised on the so called payroll tax contained in the House health care plan. However the same rumors say Trav has actually … [Read more...]
Health care: Durned if I know
Regarding the stalled health care negotiations, Somedem asks: "Will it ever happen?". Well... I don't know, but maybe we shouldn't be surprised it's overdue. This is tough stuff. Apropos of the Globe article today, and the WBUR story … [Read more...]
‘BUR on health care impasse, personal mandates
WBUR just did a fine report on the health care impasse on Beacon Hill. They haven't posted it yet on their site, but perhaps they will later today. Give it a listen.UPDATE (by David): Here's the link. … [Read more...]
Health Care reform in limbo: Where are the pressure points?
If you can stand a little technical detail about how the Federal Government, through Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, has started traipsing through our <a … [Read more...]
Will the feds crush MA health care reform?
This is just depressing as hell: State House News Service and WBUR are reporting that the federal government will not support any MA health care reform that increases eligibility to Medicaid (MassHealth), which was a central tenet of all of … [Read more...]