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A World Without Abortion Rights

by francine 08.25.2010

Watching Rachel Maddow recount the views of many Republican candidates who emerged from last night’s primaries, I realized that most of you, younger than I, grew up taking the right of a woman to choose for granted. But the current crop of Republican candidates for the fall elections does not. Many of them believe a [...]

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Insurers really, really want a public option. No, really. They do.

by Karoli 07.23.2010

They didn’t use those words, but that’s what they’re saying, nevertheless. There are two principles at stake here: First, that discrimination against sick people is a thing of the past; and second, that the days of cherry-picking insured groups are over. Either insurance companies can get on board, or else they are begging for Lynn [...]

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Health Care Reform: HHS Beacon Program

by francine 07.21.2010

President Obama’s HiTech Act, enacted right after he took office, should produce a major transformation in American health care when it gets going. Along with the health care reform legislation that was dragged kicking and screaming through Congress last spring, the Act could put the planets in alignment for real change in the way care [...]

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RAND Study: Health Care Bill Covers Most People At Lowest Government Cost

by Karoli 06.13.2010

The Rand Corporation recently completed a comparison of 2000 different health policy scenarios and concluded that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides health insurance coverage to the largest number of people while keeping costs as low as possible. That’s a remarkable conclusion from an organization that isn’t known for bias toward policy decisions [...]

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