Tag Archive | "health care reform"
Am I Angrier at Bart Stupak or Barack Obama?
For years, we’ve had our eye on the Supreme Court, wondering with each new judicial appointment how that person would add to the mix on the longevity of reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Who knew that some …
Continue reading...Are 1,990 Pages Too Much Health Care Bill for You?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Even us wonks can’t really get through all of the health care bill — heck, I only made it to about page 400 in War and Peace. As the House of Representatives votes on the health care package today, if …
Continue reading...All Politics are Personal
Friday, November 6, 2009
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 people …
Continue reading...I am Not a Pre-Existing Condition
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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 campaign “I …
Continue reading...Not “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Yet!
Monday, November 2, 2009
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 …
Continue reading...Congress & Health Industry Lobbyists: They Make a Cozy Couple
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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 something to …
Continue reading...More Good Reasons Health Care Has to Change
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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 of …
Continue reading...Frontal Assault on Reproductive Health Care
Friday, October 2, 2009
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 the plan …
Continue reading...How Much Reform Will There Be in President Obama’s Health Plan?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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 park and rallied …
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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