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Unions Urge Passage of Senate Healthcare Bill Look to House-Senate Conference for Improvement

22 hours ago ago from Beaver County Blue

For Immediate Release                                                                                                 Contact: Jacki Schechner (HCAN) 202-454-6196 December 17, 2009                                                                                                           Tiffany Ricci (AFSCME) 202-429-1145 ...

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What’s in health care proposals for 5 Americans – The Associated Press

9 hours ago ago from eCancerAwareness.com

Kansas City Star What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans The Associated Press As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me? The answer is: It depends. On your age and household Obama and McCain duel over health care in radio addresses Washington Post (blog) Tensions Mount as Senators Haggle Over Health Bill New York Times Congress must resist health ...

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If only Senator Lieberman had listened to a classmate now living here in Canada!

18 hours ago ago from Health Care Stories from Americans in Canada

Dear Senator, I grew up in Stamford, CT but now live in Toronto. I still vote in CT elections as a Democrat abroad. Having lived under both systems of health care I can certainly vouch for our Canadian system. I have lived through cancer and can say that I not only got the best possible care here in Toronto but it cost me not one cent. On the other hand I have seen my father s last illnesses practically bankrupt my family in spite of their ...

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Useful Idiots Grasping At Straws

14 hours ago ago from Libertarian Romantic Ideal

The left-wing has gotten excited by the Council of Economic Advisers Predicting that Health Care Reform Will Reduce Costs. Only a useful idiot would believe this. Cato Institute’s Michael D. Tanner easily debunks this B.S.: Health Care Reform Will Increase Costs There’s an old Yiddish saying that, “If my bubba had wheels she’d be a trolley.” So goes the logic of the Obama administration in their paper released yesterday, “ The ...

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Trumka: Senate Health Care Bill Must Change

23 hours ago ago from Talking Union

Image via Wikipedia The health care bill being considered by the U.S. Senate is inadequate and too tilted toward the insurance industry, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today. In recent days, as the Senate has debated health care reform, small numbers of senators have held health care hostage by threatening to block a vote. The new proposal by the Senate puts the interests of insurance companies—and senators who would ...

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Nelson supports health bill after tough bargaining

7 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

WASHINGTON A holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining. Nelson had a brief response "Yeah" when asked whether he would support the measure as he strode into a private caucus of fellow Democrats. With that vote, President Barack Obama's Senate allies ...

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What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans

9 hours ago ago from U.S. News

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me? The answer is: It depends. On your age and household income. Whether you own a business and whether it's big or small. Whether you're insured now and who provides that insurance. In the end, it will depend on how House and Senate negotiators will merge the proposals, and how their vision ...

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Taylor Marsh: No Thrill Up Dylan Ratigan's Leg

15 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

That was just painful to watch. That Rep. Wasserman-Schultz, a progressive dynamo who is among the very best we've got, ducked the obvious implications to the insurance stocks soaring by saying she's not a stock analyst, reveals a tragic circumstance that has Democratic leaders pushing the current health care bill at the cost of their own credibility. Dylan Ratigan's simple demand that she answer the question, which she couldn't, sending ...

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GOP threatens read-a-thon to slow health care bill | detnews.com | The Detroit News

22 hours ago ago from Detroit News

Archive: Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Today Last Updated: December 18. 2009 6:17PM GOP threatens read-a-thon to slow health care bill David Espo / AP Special Correspondent Washington -- Republicans accused Democrats of bad manners, bad ...

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