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[HCIP] HELP health plan, Reform without public plan, Urban Institute report

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Monica Sanchez's picture

Drug Manufacturers Promise $80 Billion In Rx Savings, But How Much Are They Saving Themselves?

Drug manufacturers are not acting out of a charitable impulse. They are trying to forestall strong health reform legislation that would cost the industry more than it is promising. PhRMA took action in 2003 when adding a drug benefit to Medicare seemed inevitable and managed to keep a public health insurance plan—Medicare—from cutting drug costs. Now the threat of a new public health insurance option for people under 65 has spurred the powerful lobby into action once more, with promises of cooperation and voluntary discounts. Don’t be fooled! We can do better.

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Bill Scher's picture

Memo To Deficit Hawks: Public Plan Option Indisputably Saves Money

When the CBO scored an early draft of the health care form bill from the Senate HELP committee as costing $1 trillion over 10 years but only covering one-third of the uninsured, obstructionists pounced and proclaimed the public plan option dead. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast: CBO Sez Public Plan Option Cuts Cost

CBO: Public Plan Option and Employer Mandate Cuts Cost Of Reform more »

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Lila Kalick's picture

Spare Us Another 8 Years of Faulty US/China Trade Policy

rippedtires.jpgOn Monday, The International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted to recommend that President Obama impose tariffs on the import of Chinese tires for three years. The new administration will have until September 17 to decide what, if any, relief to provide based on the ITC’s recommendation. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

The New Senate Global Warming Deniers

If you wanted to get progressives more excited about the clean energy and climate protection bill that passed the House last week, you might be inclined to point to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins HuffPost piece on the $1 billion in green jobs funding that was added at the last minute, including "[l]ocal more »

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Eric Lotke's picture

2044 on FireDogLake

FireDogLake will feature Eric Lotke’s 2044 on its book salon this Sunday evening. Please join them!
In 2044, the problem isn't Big Brother. It's Big Brother, Inc.

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Dean Baker2's picture

Pecora Commission II: Super-Sleuths or Keystone Cops?

Congress will be appointing a special commission to investigate the causes of the economic crisis and to determine who is to blame. This proposal originated among progressives who wanted to see a replay of the depression era Pecora Commission, which exposed the Wall Street corruption that laid the basis for the 1929 stock market crash and the depression that followed. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast: Largest Employer Backs Employer Mandate

Wal-Mart Gives Momentum to Employer Mandate

White House holds health care town hall at 1:15 PM ET more »

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Jonathan Walker's picture

Rumpelstiltskin and the Democratic Leadership

The leadership of the Democratic party reminds me of the classic fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin. more »

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