All Politics are Personal

While the PunditFamily is recovering from the swine flu, here’s a lighthearted reminder about the personal nature of politics! Which makes me wonder as I sit here among my  tissue boxes, meds and cups of tea — are the…

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I am Not a Pre-Existing Condition

The National Women’s Law Center has made today a national day of action to call on our lawmakers to demand that they get rid of the ridiculous inequities in the health care system that impact women, calling their…

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Not “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Yet!

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed that I didn’t make the cut for finalists in the Washington Post’s “Next Great Pundit” contest. I’m not quite sure why the Washington Post is doing such a thing. Last time…

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Congress & Health Industry Lobbyists: They Make a Cozy Couple

It’s no secret that the insurance  industry has dispatched as many lobbyists as possible to prevent a public option from becoming a health care reality.  But did you know how really cozy Congress and the lobbyists are? Just…

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More Good Reasons Health Care Has to Change

Why are women really being treated like second-class citizens in the world of health care and insurance? I don’t hear the women Senators and Representatives calling for an end to coverage for male-only maladies.  There is a serious lack…

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Frontal Assault on Reproductive Health Care

Senator Debbie Stabenow is on a roll for women’s health care.  First, she took on Senator Jon Kyl about his proposal that maternity care shouldn’t be provided for in the health care reform package: Then, Senator Stabenow contested…

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How Much Reform Will There Be in President Obama’s Health Plan?

Polls taken immediately after President Obama’s health care speech to Congress indicate that many were pleased and excited about what he had to say about health reform. Congresswoman Maxine Waters thinks he hit it out of the…

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