Individual Mandate

I'm happy for union workers who've earned "better" plans through collective bargaining. But I'm somewhat unsympathetic on the subject when most of us working stiffs can't afford any plan at all.

Populism is not so much a political stance (as "conservatism" is, for instance) as it is a political tactic. Meaning it can be used equally well by either side of our current American political divide.

Well, for my next trick, I was going to demonstrate that the contention that the watered-down Senate health care compromise will nevertheless lead to ...

However it started, the public option is now a shell of its former self. At best it's opt-out or triggered. You can only get it if you're in the insurance exchange.

Some experts say that the federal government does not have the power to require people to buy an insurance policy. But the proposals in the current legislation actually fall well within the demands of our Constitution.

The good news is that under all the hullabaloo of the public option fight and the horrendous Stupak amendment, there is actually a lot of good things that are pretty well-settled assuming a bill gets passed.

The hot new Republican hit on health care reform legislation came in the form of a press release from Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich). Under Democratic-aut...

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...

Democrats are bracing themselves for a new line of conservative attack against a provision in the health care legislation once considered so non-contr...

Obama has done the easy part: agreeing to a windfall for the insurance companies. How does he make sure people are happy with the quality and cost of the insurance they're going to be forced to buy?

Private industry has begged off completely from limiting health care costs through any means other than denying coverage to their customers and rationing.

I received a mass email that exhorted the recipients to pray because of the disaster to befall on us if health care reform is passed. I went through every charge and answered it.

A new study came out today that claims that half a million people in California have lost their health insurance coverage during the recession.