The New York Times is reporting that the “health care reform” legislation includes a provision which bars members of Congress and their staffs from continuing to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. A Congressional Research Service study of the new law reaches that conclusion — which is unfortunate for Members of Congress and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare Reform’
A Chilling Thought About The “Health Care Reform” Law
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, President Obama on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Doubts About The In-And-Outers
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Insurance, Massachusetts, Massachusetts universal heatlh care, Politics, Pre-existing conditions on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Massachusetts has its own version of “health care reform” legislation, which is similar in some ways to the federal “health care reform” legislation. For that reason, the current Massachusetts experience may be a precursor of what we could soon be facing on a national scale. Yesterday that Boston Globe ran an interesting article that should [...]
The Law Of Unintended Consequences
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, AT&T, Congress, Congressional hearings, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics on March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A number of U.S. companies have modified their accounting statements to reflect increased liabilities that will be imposed on them as a result of the “health care reform” legislation. The latest (and largest) is AT&T, which is taking a $1 billion non-cash charge to its accounting statements for the first quarter of 2010. AT&T says [...]
A Test Of Representative Democracy
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, Representative Democracy on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted anything about the actual passage, and now the signature into law, of the “health care reform” legislation. We are now learning about heretofore undiscussed provisions of the massive legislation — like the provision that requires disclosures of calories on the menus of restaurants, the provisions that exempt certain congressional staffers from certain [...]
Paying Attention And Participating
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Civics, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, Voting on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Richard’s post below reminded me of a point that I wanted to make before the whole health care debate effectively ends, supposedly with a vote on Sunday in the House of Representatives. Whether you support or oppose the “health care reform” legislation — and even a casual reader of the blog knows that Richard, UJ [...]
A Craven and Cowardly Congress
Posted in Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, Politics, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, United States House of Representatives on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Democrats in the House of Representatives apparently are carefully considering using various procedural machinations that would allow them to avoid casting a direct vote on the Senate version of the “health care reform” legislation. Instead, the approach under exploration would allow the Senate bill to be “deemed passed” if the House adopts a rule [...]
Arm Twisting, Deal Making, And Story Telling
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, President Obama on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been assured before that the legislative process of “health care reform” had reached its “end game.” This week, that description might finally be accurate. The focus has shifted to the House of Representatives, which must pass the Senate version of the “health care reform” legislation — complete with its corrupt deals, accounting gimmicks, and [...]
Dealing With The Annoying Door-To-Door Salesman
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Door-To-Door Salesmen, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, President Obama on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
They call the presidency the bully pulpit because the President’s visibility and stature allows him, to a significant extent, to set the nation’s agenda. I wonder, however, whether President Obama hasn’t abused the bully pulpit with his constant drum-beating on health care. Every poll shows that a large majority of the American people don’t want [...]
Motivated Consumers And Health Care Cost Containment
Posted in Healthcare Reform, The Economy, tagged budgets, economy, Health Care Reform, Health Savings Accounts, Healthcare Reform on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Virtually every American, at some point in their lives, has had to cut back and adjust their spending habits. It may have been when they were saving for a honeymoon or a special gift for a loved one, or it may have been when they scrimped to put a child through college. Sometimes the decision [...]
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, tagged America, Canada, Health care, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Premier of the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador came to the U.S. for a special form of heart surgery. In Canada, his only choices given his condition were procedures that would have required breaking his ribs. In America, he underwent an advanced procedure that allowed his heart condition to be surgically fixed through [...]
It Takes Crust
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Cornhusker Kickback, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, Senator Ben Nelson on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gramma Webner hailed from Uhrichsville, Ohio. When someone said or did something that was really brazen, she would say: “That takes crust.” That was my reaction when I read this statement from Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson about yesterday’s election of Scott Brown to the Senate. The first paragraph of the statement takes the cake: “Clearly, [...]
A Show-Stopper
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Politics, Scott Brown on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Republican Scott Brown has been elected to the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts. Democrat Martha Coakley has conceded, thereby confirming an upset that seemed unthinkable as recently as 10 days ago. Astonishingly, only one year after President Obama swept to victory on a wave of hope and promised change, voters in one of the bluest [...]
Commentator, Spin Thyself
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Cable News, Commentators, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Massachusetts Senate Race, Political Spin, Politics on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I have watched a fair amount of cable TV news programs in the wake of the Massachusetts special election and I have been struck by the efforts to spin the election by at least some commentators. Spin, of course, almost always comes from the losing side. The winning side doesn’t really need to [...]
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