by Digby | Jan 23, 2014 | Conservatism, Health
There has been some push-back among conservatives at the charge they are sabotaging Obamacare. They insist it's just imploding all on its own (despite the fact that it actually isn't.) But as Sahil Kapur reports, in one case, they're just admitting it right up front:...
by Digby | Jan 2, 2014 | Health, Progressive Vision
When Capitalism: A Love Story came out I was lucky enough to be at a screening with Michael Moore present and there was, as you might imagine, quite a bit of discussion about the Health Care Reform that was ending its way through congress since Moore was so...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Minimum Wage, The Sequester, This Is The GOP
From the second inauguration of Barack Obama to the latest skirmish in the “War on Christmas,” a steady stream of outrageousness flowed from the American right this year. Here are the best of the worst of the right-wing in 2013. The Confederate Battle Flag In Front...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 19, 2013 | Health
You have probably heard the right's (well-funded) messaging that people have "lost" their health insurance because of Obamacare. The thing is, people who had plans cancelled can go to the exchanges and get better insurance and almost always for a lot less money....
by Thom Hartmann | Dec 4, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy, Health, Retirement Security
The American Legislative Exchange Council has one heck of an agenda for 2014, and it all centers around one idea – profit over people. ALEC will meet this week in Washington, DC, for its “States and Nation Policy Summit.” The event is a closed-door conference...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 2, 2013 | Conservatism, Health
OK HealthCare.gov works now. The people in states that didn't set up their own websites can get insurance. The great panic of October/November 2013 is over. What will we be whipped into a lather over this week? What will the media sensationalize next? What about our...
