The news that insurers hate this bill was a tad premature

From The Nation's "The Beat" blog:"Health care investors find themselves having confronted their greatest fear, and, while there will be legislation, it will be significantly watered down ..."...

Cancer treatment and payment in a socialist hell hole

An update from our dear friend Jane who recently finished her chemotherapy here in Paris. Just as John experienced last summer, the cost of health care in France is stunningly low compared to the...

The filibustering is over in the Senate, for now.

The Senate Democrats cleared the final procedural hurdle -- the filibuster of the actual health insurance bill -- this afternoon by a vote of 60 - 39. Senator Bunning (R-KY) didn't vote. The vote on...

Obama now says he didn't campaign on the public option. The Google says he did, a lot.

President Obama in the Washington Post yesterday:Obama said the public option "has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right." But, he added, "I didn't campaign on the...

Beltway Christmas: Cash for corruptocrats

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