All I have to say about this is, "WHAH-HUH?"
Category - Healthcare
Max the Angry Drunken Senator
Via Rude Pundit, Max Baucus lets fly on the Republicans: Not only is he on fire (for a change), but...
Single-Payer-ish
Paul Krugman compares the Senate bill with single-payer and concludes that the Senate bill is a...
Headline of the Week
News of First Major Progressive Legislation in 30 Years Enrages Liberals Courtesy of Gawker. And...
Mandates and the Constitution, Redux
I received a few emails along the lines of this one, so I thought I'd simply reply via the blog...
Getting Better
Greg Sargent brings some potential good news. Progressives are attempting to make the exchanges and...
Nate Silver Is Fired Up
Nate Silver has been raging on the kill-billers this week. While I'm not as fired up as Nate, I...
The Good Things Illustrated
By Igor Volsky at the Wonk Room:
Top Ten Fixes To The Senate Bill
I've been thinking about the 10 things I'd like to see fixed with the Senate bill. Here they are in...
Always Be Closing
It goes without saying that it's going to be a pain in the ass to make a successful pitch for the...
The Money Saved by the Senate Bill
Jon Cohn lays out the insurance cost savings for working and middle class families. You should...
Exercises in Futility
Make no mistake, I think it's a great idea to remain mobilized for fixing healthcare and fixing the...
Stay Classy, Republicans
Tom Coburn last night on the floor of the Senate: "What the American people ought to pray is that...
Progressive Expectations
Paul Krugman, who isn't an apologist for the president, continues to make a case for passing the...
The Insurance Stock Myth
Joe Scarborough on today's Meet the Press: ...this is a devastating fact -- insurance companies'...
The Perfect, The Good and The Enemy
Steve Benen: Remember: nothing becomes law in this Congress unless Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman...
The Tears of a Sleestak
Mitch McConnell: "If they were proud of this bill they wouldn't be doing it this way. They wouldn't...
What A Difference Five Years Makes
I wrote a Twitter thing about this earlier, but here's Ezra Klein's take: Imagine telling a...
The Sanders Amendment
This is really great stuff. Bernie Sanders has successfully added $10 billion for primary care...
Change We Can Believe In
Paul Krugman relates the ideological triumph of healthcare reform: ...it represents a rejection of...