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Will Abortion KIll Healthcare Reform?

And to think all this time I thought the public option was the most controversial element of reform. Silly Me! Some lawmakers managed to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to include an amendment in the House bill barring the use of federal subsidies to pay for insurance that covers elective abortion. That means only in [...]

November 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Congress, Health, Legal, News, Politics, Politics and Health, US | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Are You Sick of the Debate Over the Public Option?

I was hoping not to have to write about this anymore, but, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of the vacillating, equivocal maneuvering on the public option. And that’s from lawmakers we believe to be our friends, including the current occupant of the White House.

There are published reports that President Obama is more interested [...]

October 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Broadcasting, Congress, Health, Legal, Media, Money, News, Politics, Politics and Health, television, US | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Can CBO News Boost the Public Option?

We’ve been hearing for quite awhile now that adding a public option to healthcare reform would break the bank. “More than a trillion dollars!!!” lawmakers screamed. And many of them were Democrats. Now comes word that a preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office puts the cost of a House Democratic bill with a public [...]

October 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Broadcasting, Congress, Health, Legal, Media, Money, News, Politics, Politics and Health, US | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 
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