Arianna Discusses Senate Health Care Reform On Countdown With Keith Olbermann
Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, includin...
Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, includin...
Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Legislators are designing this new insurance marketplace to protect consumers from many of the pitfalls and inequities in the current system. But even...
RJ Eskow | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
If Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes -- and they should be -- it's statements like a recent pronouncement by Rachel Maddow that should concern them.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
The Stupak-Pitts amendment takes me back to the days when abortion was not legal and the shame of an abortion was very much like wearing a big red letter A on your forehead.
Michael Kieschnick | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
After last week's vote, my company got no additional coverage, just higher rates. This is profound evidence that the insurance industry won the health care debate, and that taxpayers lost big.
Jessica Arons | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The Stupak Amendment, passed Saturday night by the House of Representatives after a compromise deal fell apart, potentially goes farther than any other federal law to restrict women's access to abortion.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
On Saturday, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment ...
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
A vote originally set for tomorrow on the House health care bill (HR 3200) may be delayed until next week, even after months of drama to arrive at th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
Anyone trying to delay the House floor vote on health reform should know they're not leaving until it's done, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday....
George Halvorson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
For today, we need to recognize that we spend more money in America on health care than any other country by a factor of two or three -- and we are not getting the consistent, high-quality care we should be getting for all the money we are spending
Scott de Marchi | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Talk and inaction are relatively cheap for US legislators, since their own health care plan will remain the same whether or not legislation passes. Political ideas need to have a cost.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.
RJ Eskow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
There are two critical tests for health care reform: Is it an improvement over what we have today? And is it structured so that further improvements can be made?
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact
What is a child's life worth? What is a child's health worth? What is a child's spirit, battered by preventable suffering and chronic disease, worth?
RJ Eskow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
If the end product is an imperfect health care reform bill, one that takes too much from the middle class in order to help those even less fortunate, that won't be what some people wanted. But it will be be an improvement.
RJ Eskow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
Putting Sen. Lieberman aside for a moment (and who wouldn't want to?), what can we expect to see if the final health reform bill conforms to Sen. Reid's outline?
Jocelyn Guyer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Children have an from successful passage of a strong health reform bill -- their health, well-being, and the financial security of their families rest upon it.
Mike Nellis | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
You've heard the statistics: 350,000 Kansans don't have health insurance, while thousands struggle in a system that costs more, but provides less.
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to ...
Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
The President and the Congress are about to lay the foundation so that all Americans can live securely in the house of health, unafraid of the consequences of an illness or injury.
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
A full defense of the public option requires moving beyond the basic arguments for reform. It requires reform proponents to take seriously the fears of opponents, even if they make up only a minority of the American public.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
One of the main concerns people of faith will be lifting up this year is the need for health care legislation that assures real reform of our broken and inadequate child health system.
Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
The insurers have demonstrated that there is no reason any more to cultivate their support. That being the case, Congress has a new chance to do the job right.
AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate – and perhaps more than one Republican – will support legislat...
Huff TV | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media