by Bill Scher | Jun 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Will Senate Listen To 3/4 of US on Health Care? Second major poll finds huge support for public plan option. NYT: "72 percent of those questioned supported a government-administered insurance plan — something like Medicare for those under 65 — that would compete for...
by Bill Scher | Jun 21, 2009 | Blog
The Senate and the Beltway media got the vapors last week when the Congressional Budget Office estimated the government cost of two draft Senate health care proposals to be above $1 trillion. With the media presenting the preliminary CBO price tag devoid of any...
by Bill Scher | Jun 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Baucus Draft Dumps Public Plan Option W. Post's Ezra Klein assesses new health care draft from Senate Finance Cmte: The numbers tell the story. In that plan, subsidies reached 400 percent of poverty. In this plan, they've been cut to 300 percent. In that plan,...
by Bill Scher | Jun 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Despite Huge Support for Public Plan, Senate Slows Health Care Reform NYT offers misleading headline, "Obama Poll Sees Doubt on Budget and Health Care," yet NYT poll does not ask about the specifics of Obama's health care proposal. NBC/WSJ poll does ask, and finds...
by Bill Scher | Jun 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Fed To Get More Reg Power Under WH Plan W. Post receives WH white paper for market reform: "The administration's plan leans heavily on the Fed, expanding its role as the regulator of the nation's largest banks ... to include other giant financial firms ... The agency,...
