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Category Archives: Health Care

Baucus set to sell out women?

Monday, July 6, 2009

If this report is true, Max Baucus (D) will, in the vain hope of attracting Republican support for health care legislation, agree to mandate exclusion of abortion services. The idea that you will ever get a bipartisan bill is a chimera. Even if Baucus manages to buy one or two Republican votes, it will not […]

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Stating the obvious

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

It is common for the obvious to be overlooked in political debate. Buzzwords are allowed to fly around without, it seems, anyone slowing things down and examining the reality that is allegedly being discussed. Double and triple kudos, therefore, to David Leonhardt of the New York Times, who penned a great column this morning about […]

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Casting the feature as a bug

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The AMA is opposed to a public option in the health care bill. (It has since tried to soften its opposition, but only rhetorically). The AMA agrees with some Republicans, if there is a public option, people might prefer it: But in comments submitted to the Senate Finance Committee, the American Medical Association said: “The […]

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Max Baucus gets an earful-figuratively if not literally

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

This is interesting. Apparently the people of Montana, or at least those interested enough in health care to attend bogus meetings with Montana Senator Max Baucus, are not happy with the representation they’re getting on the issue from their senior senator. They turned out for “town hall meetings” in which Baucus appeared only on pre-taped […]

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