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Brent Budowsky: Supreme Court Scandals

2012-03-29T12:42:27Z

Sadly for America, there is far too much money, and far too little sunlight, in a government that most voters believe, correctly, is corrupted by money that buys democracy in the dark.

Read more: Corruption, Insurance Companies, Public Option, Social Security, Campaign Finance, Individual Mandate, C-Span, Medicare for All, Insurance Profits, Scandal, Ideology, Antonin Scalia, Citizens United, Change, Clarence Thomas, Health Insurance Companies, Obamacare, Mitt Romney, Supreme Court, Affordable Care Act, Louis Brandeis, Bush v. Gore, Medicare, Partisanship, John McCain, Health Care Law, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Renee Patten: Chicago's Bikeway Future: Streets for Cycling 2020

2012-02-08T15:36:23Z

CDOT is reviewing the existing bicycle conditions in Chicago neighborhoods and gathering input from communities to identify the gaps and barriers in the current Chicago bike network.

Read more: Public Option, Bicycle Boulevard, Chicago, Bicycling, Chicago Department of Transportation, Greenways, Streets for Cycling 2020, Cdot, Bike 2015, Transportation, Chicago Biking, Chicago News

Linda Bergthold: Who Knew? California May Have a Public Option

2012-01-14T17:43:40Z

During the health reform debate, there was controversy and disappointment over the failure to include a public option in the Affordable Care Act. Not only did the public option idea not die, it is alive and well in California.

Read more: Public Option, Kaiser-Health-News, Vermont Single Payer, Medi-Cal, Affordable Care Act, California Health Benefit Exchange, Medicaid, Single Payer Health Care, Alameda Alliance for Health, California Public Option, Politics News

Robert Reich: The Decline of Public Good

2012-01-05T11:12:23Z

Meryl Streep's eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady brings to mind Thatcher's most famous quip, "there is no such thing as 'society.'" The GOP hasn't quoted her yet, but they might as well.

Read more: Privatization, Public Schools, Public Hospitals, Public Option, Public Parks, Republicans, Public Institutions, Politics News

Robert Creamer: New Ryan Proposal Still Aims to Eliminate Medicare, Replace With Voucher Plan

2011-12-15T10:13:50Z

The real goal of Paul Ryan's plan is the same goal of his original plan: to allow Wall Street and huge private insurance companies to get their hands on the Medicare Trust Fund.

Read more: Breaking News, Health Care for All, Medicare Cost Control, Ron Wyden, Medicare, Public Option, Ryan Plan, Paul Ryan Medicare Cuts, Paul Ryan Medicare, Politics News

Bob Cesca: The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show 12/2/11

2011-12-02T08:16:25Z

This week we discus Occupy Wall Street and the Homeland Security conspiracy theory; Michael Moore and Naomi Wolf rumor-mongering; progressive outrage; Twitter fights; and other issues.

Read more: Bob Cesca, President Barack Obama, Homeland Security, Progressives, Chez Pazienza, Glenn Greenwald, Health Care Reform, Public Option, Michael Moore, Naomi Wolf, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, The Bubble Genius Bob and Chez Show, Media News

Andy Ostroy: Change I Never Believed In

2011-08-09T13:56:54Z

I'm not gonna say Hillary Clinton's perfect or baggage-free, but I firmly believe she would have fought much more effectively for Democrats if she'd won in 2008. She knows first-hand how ruthless Republicans are when they're in battle.

Read more: Debt Ceiling, Gop, Karl Rove, Deficit Reduction Bil, President Obama, Public Option, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Ed Koch: If There Ever Was a Moment When a Third Party Would Have a Chance to Win, This Is It

2011-08-01T15:38:04Z

About a year ago, whenever the name of President Obama came up, the near-universal word used by people I know who had worked hard for him in the 2008 campaign was "disappointment."

Read more: Third Party, Third Party Candidate, Public Option, Capital Gains Taxes, Obama Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, Obama House Republicans, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Afghanistan War, Bush Tax Cuts, New York News

Bill Schneider: The Perils Of A Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-07-19T08:42:23Z

The balanced budget vote in Congress again this week is a contest between popular common sense and the informed opinion of the establishment. If you're a politician, you don't want to argue with common sense.

Read more: Congress, Debt Ceiling, Public Option, Constitution, Balanced Budget Amendment, Politics News

Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Cyberchondria: How The Internet Is Making Us Paranoid About Health

2011-05-11T08:41:19Z

A physician will consider many variables such as a person's age, past history, associated medical problems and symptoms. The Internet is impersonal and does not currently take these other factors into account.

Read more: Internet, Hypochondria, Hypochondriacs, Public Option, Personal Health, Health, Cyberchondria, Internet Addiction, Anxiety, Medical Symptoms, Internet Search Engines, Home News

Andy Ostroy: Leaving Obama

2011-04-04T11:24:35Z

Former "Obamacon" defections could be devastating to Obama's reelection bid. His approval rating continues to be stuck in the low-mid 40s. And half of those surveyed don't want him reelected.

Read more: U.S. Economy, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Manning, Gop, President Obama, Public Option, Libya War, Afghanistan War, Democratic Party, Michelle Barish, Bush Tax Cuts, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Unemployment, 2016 Election, 2012 Election, Health Care Reform, Iraq War, Sen. Scott Brown. Gov. Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, President Bush, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Mark Weisbrot: Wisconsin Continues Right-Wing Structural Reforms That Have Transformed the United States

2011-03-15T16:15:45Z

The legislative chicanery in Madison smacks of desperation. It may yet prove that the Right has overreached in its attack on public-sector unions, provoking a backlash among the public.

Read more: Reagan, Labor, Wisconsin, Madison, Public Option, Scott Walker, Egypt, Budget, Obama, Unions, Politics News

Jamie Court: Obama Puts Single Payer and Public Option Back on the Table

2011-02-28T13:30:32Z

Facing strong legal challenges to the individual mandate, Obama did the right thing by offering flexibility to states to meet targets for access and benefits in the Affordable Care Act.

Read more: Health Care Reform, Obama, Public Option, Single Payer, Politics News

Bob Cesca: Most Americans Are Closeted Big Government Spenders

2011-02-17T23:44:32Z

When we're asked whether or not we want to cut spending, a plurality of Americans want to slash away. But when we get specific, our preference is to keep spending -- by wide margins. And when I write "wide," I mean chasm-wide. Huge.

Read more: Chris Christie, Socialists, Public Option, President Barack Obama, Government Spending, Deficit, Education, National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Democratic Party, Racism, Paul Krugman, Marxism, Socialism, Health Care, Rick Snyder, Republicans, Politics News

Wendell Potter: Public Option Is Alive in CT, But Insurers' BFFs Are Out to Kill It

2011-02-14T17:33:27Z

Today, three of Connecticut's legislative committees held hearings on a public insurance option, which the state actually created (but didn't fund) in 2009.

Read more: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Public Option, Health Care, Nfib, Connecticut, Politics News

Wendell Potter: Fear and Loathing Over a Public Insurance Option in Hartford

2011-02-11T18:19:31Z

This Monday, state lawmakers in Hartford will begin debate on implementing something insurers pulled out all the stops to kill at the national level -- the public option that would have created a government program to compete with private carriers.

Read more: Unitedhealth, Public Option, Sustinet, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Cigna, Aetna, Health Care, Wellpoint, Politics News

Rose Marie Berger: A Christian Objection To The Health Insurance Industry

2011-02-07T21:36:14Z

What the system said was just not possible to heal, Jesus showed was very possible. It wasn't that the system didn't have the ability or finances; it was that the system didn't care.

Read more: Health Care Reform, Richard Ascough, Donna Smith, United Healthcare, Jesus, Health Care, Insurance Companies, Preexisting Condition, Public Option, Health Insurance, Unitedhealthcare, Healthcare, Religion News

Marshall Auerback: Plan B for Health Care Reform: It's Called 'Medicare for All'

2011-02-02T10:41:09Z

Frankly, the legal attacks on the health care reform act are unsurprising. They represent the inherent flaws of a bill that entrenches private insurance as the basis for our health care system.

Read more: Supreme Court, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obama, Wall Street, Public Option, Politics News

Jamie Court: Will Black Sheep Blue Shield Bring Down American Health Insurance?

2011-01-28T09:03:04Z

Blue Shield's rate increases are giving California reformers the ammo to go to the legislature for proposals that give regulators the power to say no and to create a public insurance option in California. What starts here will spread.

Read more: Blue Sheld Rate Hike, Blue Shield, Health Insurance Premiums, Public Option, Health Reform, Los Angeles News

Bob Cesca: Dick Cheney's Heart Device Was Developed With Taxpayer Money

2011-01-20T15:26:42Z

The ingenious left ventricular assist device heart pump used by the former vice president was developed by the National Institutes of Health with taxpayer money.

Read more: Teabaggers, Public Option, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Founding Fathers, U.S. Constitution, Dick Cheney, Socialized Medicine, Tea Party Movement, American History, Health Care Reform, Socialism, Tea Party, Health Care, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

Pearl Korn: The First Test for Our Newly "Civil" Congress: The Repeal of Health Care Reform

2011-01-17T12:48:31Z

Congress has just gone through 10 days of reflection and grief over the tragedy in Tucson. Will we see civil discourse take place this week in Congress?

Read more: Big Pharma, Insurance Premiums, House of Representatives, Congress, Robert Reich, Lynn Woolsey, Public Option, President Obama, Federal Reserve, Single Payer, Democrats, Bank of North Dakota, Congressional Budget Office, Pnhp, Jan Brewer, Senate, Wall Street, Conservatives, Obamacare, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republicans, Politics News

Hilary Rosen: ObamaCare? You Bet He Does

2011-01-04T09:48:15Z

Democrats and Independents need to rally around the president now. We cannot let the Republicans and the tea partiers get away with continuing to lie about the impact of the health care reform bill.

Read more: Pelosi, Health Care Reform, White House, Public Option, Women's Health, Obama Health Care, Obamacare, Politics News

Miles J. Zaremski: Are You Kidding, Mr. President? The Public Option All Over Again?

2010-12-08T11:45:10Z

Mr. President, play some hardball. If you cannot , you'll surely follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Carter -- and that ain't good.

Read more: Health Care Reform, Tax Cuts, President Obama, Public Option, John Boehner, Political Hardball, Bush-Era Tax Cuts, Politics News

Pearl Korn: Deficit Commission Member Rep. Jan Schakowsky Offers a Better Plan

2010-11-29T09:36:16Z

The president claims to want credible ideas. He must take a look at the Schakowsky deficit reduction plan alongside the Commission's and decide which one will benefit and speak for middle class America.

Read more: Congress, US Military, Erskine Bowles, Social Security, Public Option, Veterans Administration, Jan Schakowsky, President Obama, Health Insurance, Deficit Commission, Medicare, Alan Simpson, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

John M. Eger: A Revolution in Public Art

2010-11-24T14:36:29Z

City government abhors all this so-called "street art" or "graffiti". The legality is called into question and it seems some people are outraged too. But, why?

Read more: Creativity, Innovation, Art, Graffiti-Art, Public-Art, Public Option, Street Art, Arts News