In Which We Find GOP Candidate Scott Walker Has No Idea How Health Care Pricing Works
First up — a reminder: Scott Walker owned a ton of substandard properties (does he still?) that he was claimingContinue Reading
Category: Health Care
Medicare for All Could Save the US $2T –And That’s the Koch Bros. Estimate
The Mercatus Center is a “Libertarian” think tank funded by the Koch Brothers (among others) and they released a studyContinue Reading
Senate Passes SB139 (Insurance Coverage for Fertility Care Services)
The Senate passed Bryan Townsend’s SB139 unanimously. I was honestly surprised by this, as this would typically be something anContinue Reading
Why Democrats Should Campaign on Health Care
Not *just* that, but it is a big issue for both Democrats and Republicans. The Kaiser Family Foundation has aContinue Reading
Anthem’s New Health Insurance Policy: Diagnose Yourself Before Going To The Emergency Room
Via Vox: Brittany Cloyd was doubled over in pain when she arrived at Frankfort Regional Medical Center’s emergency room onContinue Reading
It Was Never About Wedding Cakes
The fight over the “right” of bakers to not bake wedding cakes for a gay couple was never about weddingContinue Reading
Republicans Bring Back The Coal Industry By Putting Coal In 9 Million Children’s Stockings
It’s positively Dickensian. Funding CHIP should be a no-brainer. Like I’ve said, show me your budget and I’ll show youContinue Reading
HE’S TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN
I’m going to comment rescue myself from today’s Open Thread, because this deserves its own post. (And yes, all capsContinue Reading
McCain’s A NO on Graham-Cassidy
Via The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced on Friday that he will vote against the latest GOP effort to repeal ObamaCare,Continue Reading
The Trumpcare That Won’t Die
And they have until September 30 to get it done. Lindsay Graham and Bill Cassidy have been working on anotherContinue Reading
Breaking: Senate About To Vote On GOP Heath Bill
This is it. The vote to proceed on… No one knows the exact details – other than people will loseContinue Reading
WE’RE 24 HRS FROM A VOTE TO REMAKE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND NO ONE EVEN KNOWS WHAT THE SENATE WILL BE VOTING ON
Not much more to say. Only that I don’t put anything past Republicans. Meaning I can see them voting forContinue Reading
The (Temporary) Failure of Repeal and Go F*ck Yourself
Last night on Twitter, Robert Costa posted up his take on the collapse of the MTP vote on Trumpcare. ThisContinue Reading
Time to Talk About Solutions to the Health Insurance Problem, Democrats
I’ve listened to a few Democrats speaking about health care over the past week and this survey of solutions thatContinue Reading
Donald Trump Knows Nothing
The latest example: If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL,Continue Reading