Andy Hiller's questions tonight for The Most Important Man In America Scott Brown about health care: Is this bill going to bankrupt America? On a scale of 1-10, how disconnected would you say Washington is from people?Defies parody. … [Read more...]
“Ten years of revenue, six years of spending.” Wrong.
The answer is that in the first four years (2010-2013), new revenues are $59 billion; new spending on insurance is $29 billion; and other spending (e.g. Medicare) decreases by $29 billion, for a net deficit reduction of $59 billion. … [Read more...]
“Widmer laughed when responding to Cahill’s slight”
There's much more to say about the impact of the passage of health care reform on the Gov's race, but for now, I must just note this outstanding nugget from today's Globe article on that subject: When WRKO cohost Todd Feinberg noted that … [Read more...]
The greatest irony: Scott Brown gave us health care reform
On the night Scott Brown won, I wrote about the irony of his election: despite Scott Brown's promise to be the 41st vote against "Obamacare," he won't be. There will be a health care bill enacted this year, and quite possibly this … [Read more...]
Waterloo
At the beginning of this process we made a strategic decision: unlike, say, Democrats in 2001 when President Bush proposed his first tax cut, we would make no deal with the administration. No negotiations, no compromise, nothing. We were … [Read more...]
Yes.
I think we're entitled to a bit of a victory lap.Then finance and climate. No. Sleep. Til Brooklyn 2012. … [Read more...]
A butterfly flaps its wings …
and creates a storm thousands of miles away. Maybe. In any event, it seems inconceivable that last night's historic vote could have ever happened without the experience of Massachusetts' experiment with near-universal health care, … [Read more...]
So what does this bill actually do, anyway?
Health care reform PASSES – UK analysis + Open Thread
Health insurance passes, the British press analyzes the bill and the process According to the UK Guardian, a Brit news source, the reason the Republicans are coming unglued, despite the inclusion of 200 Republican amendments is that the … [Read more...]
House concurs with Senate health care bill; votes on reconciliation coming up [update: rec passes]
So I was right after all (sort of): the House, with a couple of votes to spare (the vote was 219-212), has agreed to the Senate's health care bill, thereby avoiding a conference committee and, once signed, making a sweeping overhaul of … [Read more...]
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