by Terrance Heath | Nov 27, 2013 | Conservatism, Health
A new poll shows that, despite a flawed rollout, most Americans are willing to give health care reform time to succeed. That’s good news for Obamacare, because it’s already succeeding in states that have fully adopted it. And the success stories are starting to...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 22, 2013 | Budget Talks, Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
The GOP is targeting Medicaid in its next attack on health care reform. House Republicans want to take away $20 billion budgeted for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and use it to cover defense cuts. This is who they are. Politico reported yesterday that a...
by Bill Scher | Nov 15, 2013 | Health
In today's New York Times, Republicans are found comparing the rollout of the Affordable Care Act to the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina by President George Bush's FEMA. Slate's Matthew Yglesias, CEPR's Dean Baker and I'm sure others have delivered the most...
by Ethan Rome | Nov 13, 2013 | Conservatism, Health
In an effort to cynically score political points, the Republicans have taken up the cause of people who have received health insurance "cancellation" notices. The problem is that the Republicans aren't helping these people, they are exploiting them. They're peddling a...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 12, 2013 | Health
In a shocking turn of events, Republicans now care about whether Americans have health insurance! It happened quite suddenly. The moment can be precisely pinpointed. It occurred early in the day of Oct. 1 when the media declared the launch of the Affordable Care Act...
by Bill Scher | Nov 4, 2013 | Health
As the troubles of Obamacare persist, many liberals are panicking, while many conservatives are wishfully predicting, that a failed rollout will be a death blow for liberalism. I can't quibble with the notion that an impeccable rollout would have been good for...
