Healthcare Policy

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• Voight Joins Chorus of Hate Rhetoric

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  What did Jon Voight mean by suggesting that Pres. Obama is the first and only president in our history to shame “our beautiful White House”, alleging he plans a socialist takeover that would undermine the Constitution? In fact, Pres. Obama is significantly more centrist on a range of issues than were Jimmy Carter, ...
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• On Abortion, Hypocrisy Reigns Among Blue Dogs, Republicans and Christians

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  The ongoing absolutism in Congress in trying to prevent women--or at least poor women--from obtaining abortions is one of the more shameful spectacles in America. The sanctimonious Blue Dog Democrats and the Republicans, who almost unanimously opposed any right to abortion, present two basic arguments. One is that ...
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• No, Rachel, No! This "Health Reform" Could Lose the Middle Class for Dems

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  I read with interest Mike Elks assertion that " liberal elitism will make Sarah Palin President ," as well as Oliver Willis response that " some people are, sadly, stupid ." But if Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes - and they should be - its statements like this one by Rachel ...
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• Health Care Reform: DOA

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  I never thought Id find myself thanking the women-loathing, Christian fundamentalist-pandering Democrats in Congress for anything, but here it is: Thank you Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Mich), for your outrageous amendment to the House version of the health insurance reform legislation in Congress, which bars any ...
  2 days ago

• The War On Patients Rights

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  What a week. Weve already seen Blue Dogs take women to the back of the bus (or was it the alley?) with Stupaks impressively Stupid Amendment. Now were hearing that those who supposedly worry about "too much spending" when it comes to health care--you know, the meatloaf-brains who rejected the public option, which ...
  3 days ago

• Another Option for the Public Option

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  Since the Democrats have already agreed to water down the health-insurance public option and to set its implementation date as 2013, there might be nothing to lose – and possibly a Republican vote or two to gain – if Democrats agreed to a trigger giving insurance companies the next three years to prove they ...
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• Why Lieberman Blocks a Public Option

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  With the health-reform bill’s “public option” truly reduced to the “sliver” that President Barack Obama once called it – and indeed having become a feature that mostly benefits the insurance industry – the next question must be: why is it still being opposed by industry defenders like Sen. Joe ...
  4 days ago

• Nation’s Largest Physician Advocacy Group Calls for End to Longstanding Military Legislation

  
  DOCTOR PUNDIT — Authority: 129
  I am not aware of the AMA ever taking a stance that is this prudent, ever . Just today the body approved a resolution to formally call for the repeal of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which does not allow gays and lesbians to serve openly. Recognizing the difficulty with which ...
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• Democratic Party Out of Bounds

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  Whos to blame when situations degenerate? Disgusting things youd never anticipate. People get sick, they play the wrong games Ya know, it can ruin your name! - The B-52s, "Party Out of Bounds" Would I have voted for the House health reform bill? Probably, although Im not sure. Would I have celebrated its passage ...
  5 days ago

• Congressmen Admit They No Longer Remember Which Health Care Bill They Are Voting On

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - A new wrinkle has complicated the eleventh-hour attempt to pass a health care reform bill in Congress as a growing number of congressmen came forward today to admit that they no longer remember which bill they are voting on. "Maybe Im not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I cant ...
  6 days ago

• Fox News Reports: Millions of Grannies Flee U.S. as Death Panels Loom

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - With the establishment of government-mandated death panels just days away, grandmothers began fleeing the United States in record numbers today, reports Fox News. "I am never one to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, said Fox News host Glenn Beck. "But run for your lives!" Across ...
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• Progressives Raise Over $3.5 Million to Oppose Any Senator Who Blocks Vote on Health Bill

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  The progressive organizing group MoveOn.org has announced huge success in collecting funds to mount primary challenges to any Democratic senator who acts to block an up-or-down vote on healthcare reform. In just one week, their Health Reform Accountability Pledge campaign collected $3,578,117 in pledges. The ...
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• Health Vote Update: Cao & Hill Favor Constituents Over Health Lobby

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  Last night, every Republican but one voted against the House of Representatives’ monumental healthcare reform package. Anh Joseph Cao has said he came to understand the need to vote to pass the sweeping healthcare reform program, after listening to the concerns of constituents desperate to find a way to secure ...
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• All But One Republican Vote Against Health Bill Despite Abortion Provision

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  The Democrats celebrated a major legislative victory last night, when they passed historic health reform legislation. Only one Republican joined in passing the measure, despite a last-minute success in attaching a partial ban on federal funding for abortions. With that provision in the final bill, the near unanimous ...
  1 week ago

• House Advances Affordable Health Care for America Act

  
  DOCTOR PUNDIT — Authority: 129
  The resolution to overhaul the nation’s healthcare infrastructure passed by a mere 5 votes : The successful vote came after Mr. Obama traveled to Capitol Hill just before noon Saturday to make a personal appeal for lawmakers to “answer the call of history” and support the bill. Only one Republican, ...
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• House Passes Health Bill 220 to 215

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  At 10:59 pm Saturday evening, a 15-minute vote was called. Members of the House were then to vote yea or nay by electronic device. By 11:01 pm, the vote was 197 to 184 and moving quickly. The vote tally will not be final until the Speaker drops the gavel to close the vote. By 11:03 pm, 36 Democrats had voted against ...
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• Obama Joins Push to Pass Health Reform in House

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  Pres. Obama has joined the push on Capitol Hill to pass healthcare reform. Last evening and this morning have brought a series of meetings with House leadership to orchestrate a majority vote to pass healthcare reform, possibly today. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) last night met with conservative Democrats ...
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• Ill Bet the 10.2 Percent Cant Keep What Theyve Got

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  Hey There, Congress and Mr. President. Its your citizens. Lots of us are losing jobs and benefits. We cannot keep the benefits weve got when we lose our jobs. In fact its really hard to keep paying all the bills without a job and an income. The new jobless numbers are alarming in so many ways. You keep lying and ...
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• Bachmann Rally Compares Health Reform to Holocaust

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  The radical fringe of the Republican party today gathered to hear Michelle Bachmann call for open rebellion against the government. Signs were held up in front of the US Capitol showing a Nazi mass grave and calling it “healthcare”. Other signs showed the president as an evil villain and calling for “hunting ...
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• A Loyalty Smorgasbord in Advance of Saturday’s House Debate

  
  DOCTOR PUNDIT — Authority: 129
  Rep. Michelle Bachmann and her cadre of “ tea-baggers “, AARP, the AMA. What do these three disparate groups have in common? They have all made appearances in one way or another on the Hill to make their feelings known on pending healthcare legislation — which is now set to begin debate this weekend on the House ...
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