Gender Gap Persists in Cost of Health Insurance

The New York Times By ROBERT PEAR Published: March 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — Women still pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new research and data from online brokers. The new health care law will prohibit such “gender rating,” starting in 2014. But gaps persist in most states, with no evidence [...]

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Thanks to Socialized Medicine, Dick Cheney Is Still Alive

Question for the tea party and everyone who voted for tea party Republicans in November: Did you enjoy your purely cosmetic vote to repeal the health care reform law? Personally, I would feel pandered to, and not particularly satisfied with all of that fiscally expensive congressional time being wasted on a vote that meant absolutely [...]

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The Republican Swindle About ‘Obamacare and Stimulus’

If you happen to be a swing voter who’s considering the Republican slate next month, you’re being tricked. That’s not to say you’re an idiot, but the Republicans are doing an excellent job masking over what they really stand for, and millions of Americans seem to be falling for it. The Republican strategy for this [...]

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Health Care Reform Will Help Everybody

Many Americans assume the new health care reform act will benefit mostly the poor and uninsured and hurt everyone else, according to polls. As Matt Yglesias wrote, “Basically, people see this as a bill that will take resources from people who have health insurance and give it to people who don’t have health insurance.” Those [...]

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Republicans Demand a Government Takeover and Bailout of the Oil Spill

The words “government takeover” were originally injected into the discourse by Frank Luntz in the early stages of the health care reform process and have been repeated in the pejorative sense by Republicans across the board. Despite the fact that thousands of Americans die every month from a lack of affordable health insurance, the Republicans [...]

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The Heat Is On: Tea Partiers Denounce Violence

Feeling The Heat, Tea Partiers Denounce Violence TPM Muckraker Zachary Roth | March 26, 2010, 1:12PM Tea Partiers and others on the right are starting to distance themselves from the recent spate of violence and racism that has characterized the opposition to health-care reform. In a letter to President Obama and Congress released yesterday, an [...]

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Health Care Reform: Right-Wing Terrorism Stoked By Conservative Leaders

During the Bush years, members of the far-right would often suggest that liberals were “with the terrorists” if we merely opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq, or if we opposed the policies of the Republican leadership at the time. In fact, any negative criticism of the president whatsoever was considered unpatriotic “while troops were [...]

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Vandals Attack Democratic Offices Around The Country

Vandals Attack Dem Offices Nationwide TPM Muckraker Justin Elliott | March 23, 2010, 1:00PM Vandals smashed doors and windows at four Democratic offices around the country in the days surrounding the landmark House health care vote Sunday night, and a right-wing blogger in Alabama is taking credit for starting a so-called “window war.” Here are [...]

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Health Care Bill Passed! Progressives Ecstatic! Well, not All of them Apparently!

Here’s one who is. And one who isn’t. Both articles from TruthDig Yes, They Made History Posted on Mar 22, 2010 White House / Pete Souza President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and senior staff react in the Roosevelt Room of the White House as the House passes the health care reform bill. By E.J. Dionne [...]

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Health Care Vote Passed

Health Care Bill PASSES HuffPost- First Posted: 03-21-10 10:59 PM   |   Updated: 03-22-10 09:12 AM With additional reporting by Sam Stein. After more than a year of virulent debate, Democrats marched through a throng of jeering protesters, whose slurs recalled a Washington of the 1960s — when the party forced civil rights legislation and Medicare through a [...]

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