The president yesterday in New Hampshire: "Suddenly everybody says, 'Oh no, it's over,' " Mr. Obama...
Category - Healthcare
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it!
Good news from Senator Harkin: Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)...
What Arlen Said…
Holy shit on a stick. I never thought I'd ever write that headline, but there it is. I think you'll...
Historical Perspective on Passing Healthcare
Via Sullivan, here's historian Bruce J. Schulman: The architects of the most important social...
More Edwards! More Letterman! More Tiger!
Ezra Klein believes that it's the administration's fault that Americans are grossly misinformed...
The Feckless Democrats
Greg Sargent summarizes a would-be failure to pass the healthcare reform bill: Pass the health...
The Impeachment of President Obama
I wrote a Huffington Post column about this a while back, so I'm glad to see today that I'm not the...
What is the Real White House Position?
Jon Cohn reports some positive news: For all of the mixed messages of the last week, sources say...
Good News on Mental Health
This was passed as part of the first bailout in October, 2008: The Mental Health Parity and...
Reid Says They're Moving Forward
Healthcare appears to be moving forward in Congress, despite Rahm Emanuel's weird remarks. Senate...
Nobody Should Run For the Hills — Except Us
Ezra reacts to Emanuel's remarks about delaying healthcare until after jobs and financial reform...
Healthcare Reform is Not Dead
Jim VandeHei said on Morning Joe today that healthcare is dead. This, of course, is ridiculous...
Reconciliation Madness
Reconciliation might not be so quick. For example, according TNR: The Finance Committee and the...
Does Pelosi Have the Votes?
Reports are coming in from all around that Nancy Pelosi said that she does, in fact, have enough...
The New Insufferables?
Reconciliation for the House fixes on healthcare reform will eliminate the need for Ben Nelson...
Pass the Damn Bill Now!
The House is ready to pass the damn bill. Now it's up to the Senate to pass the fixes. Leading...
The Public Option Is Back on the Table
I'm not getting my hopes up, but this is encouraging: ...in order to move health care through the...
Looks Like Meat's Back on the Menu, Boys
It looks like we're moving closer to passing the House healthcare reform provisions as amendments...
Project for a Healthy American Future
Steve Benen wrote a thorough memo pitching the urgency to pass the current healthcare reform...
The Latest Very Complex Plan
This is kind of encouraging, while also being risky and complicated. EJ Dionne describes the latest...