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Poll of the Week: Is our country in "a negative mood"?

Next week, there are going to be major gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Many political observers will look...

By John Hanlon | 10-30-2009

The Senate Split: Senators make their feelings clear about health care reform

Now that the full Senate is close to having a debate about major health care reform, Senators now seem to be making their preferences...

By John Hanlon | 10-29-2009

Lieberman's Choice

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), once a minor player in the health care debate, has emerged as a major voice in opposition to a public...

By John Hanlon | 10-28-2009

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If You Think It's Hard to See Your Doctor Today Wait Until Government Is In Charge

Is there a doctor in the house? How about a nurse practitioner? If you think it is difficult to get in to see your doctor today just wait until Obamacare is passed. With the current Congressional plans to nationalize health care the democrats are looking...

Published 10-13-2009 12:01 AM by Jim Hoft

Filed under: health care reform
Why doesn’t the Baucus bill include tort reform?

No one denies that our health care system needs some work. But the Baucus bill that would take us a step closer to government run health care is not the answer. Taking the American people a step closer to government run health care is not going to fix...

Published 10-12-2009 12:01 AM by Cassy Fiano

Filed under: health care reform, tort reform
BARONE: 'Conceptual Language' Hides Health Care's Costs

Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I'm not referring to the headlines that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, however odd that many seem to many (including, it seems, Obama himself). I'm referring to the headlines...

Published 10-12-2009 12:01 AM by Michael Barone

Filed under: health care reform
Humana medicare advantage

When Humana, one of the nation's largest provider of Medicare supplement plans, sent a mailer to its members informing them of possible reductions or changes to Medicare as a result of the Baucus senate health care bill, hell broke loose in Washington...

Published 10-09-2009 12:01 AM by Michael Lewis

Filed under: health care reform
Baucus' Birth Tax

The plan offered for overhauling the American health-care system by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) relies in part on revenues generated from a broad tax on FDA-regulated medical devices that Baucus predicts will generate $4 billion a year. Unfortunately for...

Published 10-08-2009 12:01 AM by Edward Morrissey

Filed under: taxes, health care reform
If You Like Waiting in Long Lines You'll Love Obamacare

If the US goes the way of Canada be prepared for long waiting lines. Last week the Independence Institute held a 'Real Canadian Health Care Field Trip' in Vancouver, Canada. This field trip to Canada last week allowed American journalists to speak...

Published 10-06-2009 12:01 AM by Jim Hoft

Filed under: health care reform, public option
Bootlegging Mountain Dew?

The next big payday for the statist in government around the country is a tax on sugary drinks, meaning the price of my Mountain Dew is going up. Supposedly, this will make me less likely to buy the delicious emerald nectar that fuels bloggers and MMORPG...

Published 10-05-2009 12:01 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: taxes, health care reform, sugary drinks
Americans are still afraid of a public option.

As the health care reform bill makes its way through the legislative process, Americans aren’t getting more comfortable with or optimistic about it. They remain firmly against a public option, and most people are satisfied with the current health...

Published 10-05-2009 12:01 AM by Cassy Fiano

Filed under: health care reform, public option
A Public Option is Alive and Kicking

Is the public option portion of the health care bill dead? This is the discussion in the wake of the public option amendment votes in Tuesday's Senate Finance Committee meeting. Jay Rockefeller's amendment would have created a pure public option...

Published 10-01-2009 12:01 AM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: congress, obama administration, health care reform
BARONE: Democrats Win Lobbyists but Lose Basic Reforms

As Sen. Max Baucus tries to squeeze a health care bill out of the Senate Finance Committee, and as Sens. Barbara Boxer and John Kerry race to meet their latest deadline to introduce a bill to reduce carbon dioxide, some Democrats wonder whether their...

Published 10-01-2009 12:01 AM by Michael Barone

Filed under: health care reform

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If You Think It's Hard to See Your Doctor Today Wait Until Government Is In Charge

Why doesn’t the Baucus bill include tort reform?

BARONE: 'Conceptual Language' Hides Health Care's Costs

Humana medicare advantage

Baucus' Birth Tax

If You Like Waiting in Long Lines You'll Love Obamacare

Bootlegging Mountain Dew?

Americans are still afraid of a public option.

A Public Option is Alive and Kicking

BARONE: Democrats Win Lobbyists but Lose Basic Reforms