Gop Health Care Reform

Opposition to Health Care Reform Peaks Early, But Falls Fast -- Like Sarah Palin?

Yuna Shin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Yuna Shin

If you rise too fast and peak too early, then you fall just as hard. It is a lesson that the GOP needs to learn in order to stay relevant for the majority of Americans who consider themselves to be in the center.

LaHood: 10 House Republicans Could Back Health Care

The Atlantic | Matthew Cooper | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


I mentioned on Friday that I'd gone to see Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation. LaHood, as you probably know, was a Republican congressman fro...

Health Care Reform Support Has Increased Since Summer

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


The anti-reform town hall anger that dominated the health care reform debate appears to have ebbed. Support for health care reform increased in Septem...

Health Overhaul Divides Business From Traditional GOP Allies

Wall Street Journal | Neil King Jr. | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Business is parting from its traditional allies in the Republican Party on health care as companies and big corporate lobbyists lend tentative support...

GOP To Block Obama Health Nominees In Medicare Spat

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republicans said Thursday they wouldn't allow President Barack Obama to fill health posts until his administration...

Slate: How The GOP Tries To Draft Doctors Against Their Will Into The Kill Obamacare Movement

Slate Magazine | Timothy Noah | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Can the Republican Party draft a doctor, entirely against his will and political inclination, into the Kill Obamacare movement? Well, it can try. Here...

Michael Steele On Why GOP Didn't Pursue Health Care Reform In The Past: 'We Tripped Ourselves Up" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Michael Steele admitted on Tuesday night that Republican lawmakers failed to do anything about reforming the health care system when they were in cont...

Steven Pearlstein: GOP Propagating Falsehoods In Attacks On Health-Care Reform

washingtonpost.com | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


As a columnist who regularly dishes out sharp criticism, I try not to question the motives of people with whom I don't agree. Today, I'm going to step...

Blunt: GOP Shouldn't Have Health Care Plan, It Would Just "Confuse" People

Plum Line | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Republicans who had promised last month to offer a healthcare reform alternative are now suggesting no such bill will be introduced. Rep. Roy Blunt (...