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• After the House Vote, Time to Stop Triggers and Opt-Outs

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  Just say no to triggers After Saturday’s bittersweet victory in the House, we need to refocus our efforts to secure a public option in the final bill that’s signed by President Obama. That means nailing down enough Members of Congress to stop triggers or state-opt outs from appearing in the conference report ...
  21 hours ago

• The Truth About Mothers in the Workplace

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 139
  I hate mommy war stories as many of them are anecdotal or based on half-truths and clearly meant to make mothers feel bad about their decisions. However, I want to send a shoutout to Nation writer and feminist Katha Pollitt for taking on the manufacturers of the mommy wars and setting the record straight on ...
  4 days ago

• Some Real-World Health Care Reform Questions

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  photo: Exhibition of Jean-Michel Folon, Forte Belvedere, Firenze by Marco Bellucci via Flickr There’s been lots of political and economic discussion about exchanges and bending the cost curve and risk mitigation, but not a lot of real-world answers to some pretty basic questions about health care reform. Maybe ...
  4 days ago

• NAI promotes self-regulation with opt-out plug-in

  
  Adotas — Authority: 546
  ADOTAS - At Ad Revenue 2009 last month, Alan Chapell of Chapell & Associates warned that the online advertising industry is down to its last chance to prove it can self-regulate before the boys in Washington fire away the legislative cannons regarding user privacy.The National Advertising Initiative (NAI), ...
  4 days ago

• Opt Out – What do you think?

  
  SC Access To Justice Weblog — Authority: 122
  There’s an article in the Free Times that features Commissioner Sue Berkowitz . It focuses on the Opt Out idea that is currently circulating in D.C. regarding the Health Care Reform Package. Some statistics from the article: Currently, South Carolina ranks 48th in the country in overall health, according to ...
  5 days ago

• Cameron’s EU plans would require Irish referendum

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 538
  David Cameron is to say today that he wants to “repatriate” employment and social law. I do not see how this can be done without changes to the EU’s treaties. It would therefore require the unaminous support of every EU member. Every other EU country has a veto. Ireland is constitutionally required to hold a ...
  6 days ago

• Please know a little something about Texas before you write about Texas

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 145
  David Broder packs an awful lot of ignorance into these two sentences of his bizarrely hostile column about the Senate’s health care reform bill and the opt-out compromise. If a health care reform with an opt-out provision were to become law this year or next, one of the first states you might expect to exempt ...
  1 week ago

• They Opted Out

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 575
  by William Warren: [IMG: http://www.getliberty.org/content_images/Cartoon - They Opted Out (500).jpg]
  1 week ago

• Public Option Champion Dean Says Incremental House Bill Worth Passing

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 801
  Former DNC chairman Howard Dean, who has long said the only way to health care reform is through a strong public option, told MSNBC today that even incremental reform could be "worth passing." Speaking about the House health care bill, Dean said, "I think this is an incremental bill, but as long as its got some ...
  1 week ago

• Postman prat!?

  
  Stop Junk Mail — Authority: 118
  The Sun today calls Dave Ward, the deputy leader of the Communication Workers Union, a "post ban prat" for having a No Junk Mail sticker on his door. The paper claims that Royal Mail makes "billions" from delivering junk mail every year and that people who, like Mr Ward, refuse junk mail are putting 40,000 jobs on the ...
  1 week ago

• Obama Meeting with Progressives and Caucus Leaders Focused on Triggers, Opt-Out

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  Here’s some detail from last night’s meeting between President Obama and the “Quad Caucus,” a combination of leaders from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. I asked Adam Sarvana, press secretary for ...
  1 week ago

• Opt out?

  
  Bearing Drift :: Virginia Politics On-Demand — Authority: 608
  This is the best description of the Democrats’ latest health care ploy - the infamous “opt out” provision of the national ruin health care plan. It’s like a movie theater offering a “money back guarantee” and then explaining, you don’t get your money back, but you don’t have to stay and watch the ...
  1 week ago

• What a week…

  
  The Wandering Druid of Tranquility — Authority: 117
  It’s been a busy week in real life and in game.  Where do I begin?  Work and real life have kept me out of game more than I would like, however, I have had time to finally start using some of the advanced features in Google Reader effectively, such as the public tag sharing features.  On the right hand side of ...
  1 week ago

• David S. Broder on Harry Reids Opt-Out Plan on the Public Option

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  No one should be denied health care by virtue of their place of birth.
  1 week ago

• Pelosi Weighs In

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 466
  The phrase "weighing in" has changed over time to mean something along the lines of "adding the weight of your opinion to the discussion." But its really more apt to look at it from the perspective of boxing, in this case. The weighing-in before a big fight is literally where the two fighters step on the scales so ...
  1 week ago

• Reid “forces” public option into Senate compromise bill

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  Emboldened by polls suggesting that a majority of Americans favor inclusion of a public option, Senator Reid has “forced” a public option into the Senate combined bill.  He has tried to take the “sting” out by including a so called opt out for the states.  He knows full well that this is a straw dog.  A ...
  1 week ago

• Scary House Version Of Government Run Health And Insurance Hits In Time For Halloween

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 502
     Nancy Pelosi’s House version of government-run health management, care and insurance has been released in a glorious, 1,990 page package which includes a 13-page bill that repeals the sustainable growth rate caps on Medicare spending. Pelosicare which must be incorporated into Obamacare and Reidcare, costs ...
  1 week ago

• America needs health care not Insurance care! Get rid of the Filibuster 5!

  
  An Average American Patriot — Authority: 127
  Conservatives are a problem, in this case it is conservative Democrats! Obama should campaign against them! Conservative Democrats are already conniving to defeat the opt out public option. I hope they do, it will be their Waterloo! This was a wise move by Senator Reid. It may save his Senate seat! I just love ...
  1 week ago

• Bayh Might Help Block Health Care Reform

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 801
  Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) told CBSs Bob Scheiffer today that he might not vote with Democrats to move a health care reform bill forward, saying his vote would depend on if the bill is "fiscally responsible." "Some people argue that we should vote to go forward on a bill even if we dont like it," he said. "As we get ...
  1 week ago

• Public Option In Doubt: Why You Should Get A Health Insurance Quote Now

  
  VitalOne Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 134
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has joined the strong push for a public option in Congress’ healthcare reform bill, but its inclusion is not guaranteed. The provision’s fate is in the hands of moderate Democrats. Despite the ability for individual states to opt out of the government-run health insurance plan, ...
  1 week ago

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