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The Schumer/Landrieu/Carper Compromise Plot Thickens

Schumer's spokesman flatly denied this, sending this statement: "Since Leader Reid announced the opt-out public option would be included in the Senate bill, Senator Schumer has not approached anyone about compromises. He is fully behind the level ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party

Reminder to Senate Dems: Carper's Triggered Co-Ops Aren't a Public Option

So Landrieu and Lincoln say they'll vote to allow debate to continue so that the Senate can eventually vote on whether they want to vote to reform the nation's healthcare system. Lest you get too excited by their radicalism, here's the cold water on ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Republican Party

David Broder Brings A Rare Moment of Reid Levity to the HCR Debate

While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says [. . . t]hese bills, as they stand, are budget-busters. Here, for example, is what Robert ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Washington Post Company

Senate HCR Debate Chugs Along

Oh, and Thune agrees with Liz Cheney that the Chinese should be dictating American domestic policy on healthcare reform. Help document the atrocities. We'll be at it all day, with the vote coming by about 9:00 tonight, EST. © Kos Media, LLC Site ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  21 Nov 2009

Senate HCR Bill to be Unveiled Tonight

The Senate Democrats will meet today at 5:00, where Reid will unveil the bill to the caucus, most of whom haven't seen the combined bill yet. Brian Beutler reports that "Reid may give the public 72 hours to review the bill before holding a cloture vote ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Congressional Budget Office,  Olympia J. Snowe,  U.S. Republican Party

More Shady Astroturfing in Healthcare Reform

Some groups, like the Chamber of Commerce and AHIP, are right up front about their opposition to healthcare reform. They might be slightly underhanded, like UnitedHealth's effort to pressure employees into writing members of Congress in opposition to ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Does the RNC Want to Kill Granny?

But ThinkProgress has noticed that Cigna, the RNC’s health insurance provider, also urges beneficiaries to think about end-of-life services. Cigna’s website has a page called "Care at the End of Life," which covers topics such as how to talk with ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  16 Nov 2009

Insurance Industry Expert Says Stupak Would Practically Mean No Abortion Coverage

Like most anti-choice efforts we've seen come out of Congress and state legislatures in the past 30+ years since abortion was legalized, Stupak's Coathanger amendment is another attack on the practical side of the issue: on access. Rather than going ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  George Washington University,  Planned Parenthood,  U.S. Senate

Stupak: It's All the Liberals Fault!

They're the ones--and I've been saying all along, all I want to do is vote on my conscience, let the will of the House work its way--they're the ones who insisted, 'No, Stupak doesn't get to go in the manager's amendment, we want it on the floor.' They' ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Center for American Progress,  Henry Waxman

Fun with Numbers on Abortion Coverage

One of the statics that's been tossed out quite often since the House passed the Stupak amendment is this one, here used by E.J. Dionne at TNR. Whatever else is true, Stupak's amendment is unlikely to have a significant effect on the availability of ...

From MCJOAN, Daily Kos,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: E.J. Dionne,  Kaiser Family Foundation

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