Healthcare reform – Page 2

Ron Johnson Doesn’t Want to Answer?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured GOP US Senate candidate Ron Johnson in it’s Election 2010 coverage on Saturday September 25th, 2010. The may thrust of the conversation was federal spending and what Mr. Johnson thought was a better idea for federal budgeting. But he still hasn’t defined where he thinks…

This IS Personal!

Recently one of my favorite writers, William Rivers Pitt, write a column about the \"values voter\" summit and the remarks of Mike Huckabee. We know Mike Huckabee as the ex governor of Arkansas, presidential hopeful and fox news contributor had this to say: When Republicans attack health care reform, Democrats…

WI GOP AG Van Hollen Taken to Task for Anti-HCR Coordination with GOP RSLC

Think Progress has a fascinating story about WI GOP Attorney General JB Van Hollen’s coordination with the GOP’s Republican State Leadership Committee trying to coordinate a frivolous lawsuit against the Federal Government following the implementation of health care reform.

Democrats Go On the Offensive on “Repeal the Bill” Candidates

IL Democratic Senatorial Candidate Alexi Giannouilas has released a web ad attacking his GOP opponent for pledging to lead the effort to repeal health care reform.

Quotes worth sharing – Bruce Bartlett on David Frum Dismissal at AEI

Bruce Bartlett talks about David Frum firing at the right wing think tank American Enterprise Institute “Rigid conformity is being enforced, no dissent is allowed, and the conservative brain will slowly shrivel into dementia if it hasn’t already.”

The Right Wing GOP Loses it on HCR

Woo hoo!

The GOP, tea party & right wing wacko consortium are losing it after the passage of health care reform that guarantees coverage for Americans. They seem to find concepts like no lifetime caps on coverage, no insurance rescission if you get sick, no pre-existing disease exclusions as alien rights that should not be part of the American social net. With candidates and office holders alike jumping on the “Kill the Bill” bandwagon, it is clear that they don’t value the sanctity of life unless it is a cluster of cells in the uterus.

A tale of two ads – the DNC vs Employers for a Healthy Economy

A tale of two ads – the DNC on insurance company greed and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce front group Employers for a Healthy Economy with their be afraid, be very afraid ad campaign.

WI GOP Representative Paul Ryan Votes Against Insurance Competition & Reform

WI GOP Representative Paul Ryan is one of 19 Republicans to vote against greater competition for health insurance companies when he voted no on the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. The Act passed by 406 to 19, but only after GOP gamesmanship that was attacked by Anthony Weiner, Representative from New York.

Joe Lieberman’s a.k.a. “Brussel Sprouts” and “Raving Shmuck’s” Mendacity on Health Care Reform

Joe Lieberman has gone around the bend. Where are the people of Connecticut on the actions of this ego-maniacal “brussel sprout* and “raving schmucK” and his obstructionism of health care reform? He was for Medicare buy-in, until it was actually proposed and had the potential to actually bring health care…