health care reform

What if We Do Nothing About Health Care Reform?

by Admin 03.11.2010

If we do nothing about health care reform: Up to 17 million more people will be uninsured by 2019 than today.   The average family’s health care costs will nearly double by 2020, from $13,000 to $24,000 — meaning they’ll be paying a quarter of their income toward health care costs.   Insurers can continue [...]

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Public Option: Arguments for and against

by Karoli 02.23.2010

With the introduction of President Obama’s blend of the House and Senate health care reform bills, there’s been a flurry of activity in the Netroots over the missing public option. Several groups are mobilizing for it at the same time that key Senators who supported it in the past are quietly leaving it on the [...]

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R.I.P. Our Children’s Future

by Admin 02.01.2010

Well, health care has gone to the back burner. Now everyone, not just Republicans, is unwilling to talk about it. In theory, Democrats are scrambling behind the scenes to figure out a way to pass something, but we are definitely finished having a debate about it. President Obama revealed his budget today, to the usual [...]

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Where’s Health Care Reform Now?

by Admin 01.26.2010

Looks like the Massachusetts election sent everybody scurrying for cover. Congressional Democrats and Republicans are retiring in droves, lest they lose an election and forego those pension benefits. Try to imagine how I feel about that cowardly behavior. First, Congress sabotages true reform, and then it heads for the hills. The only one speaking out [...]

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