Senate Democrats found themselves on the defensive in the debate Saturday over bringing Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health-reform bill up for consideration by the full Senate. While Democrats prevailed by winning the 60 votes to move the measure forward, Saturday’s speeches foreshadow the problems ahead.Republican senators repeatedly cited a weekend column by Pulitzer … [Read more...] about Turbulence Ahead
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Turbulence Ahead
Senate Democrats found themselves on the defensive in the debate Saturday over bringing Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health-reform bill up for consideration by the full Senate. While Democrats prevailed by winning the 60 votes to move the measure forward, Saturday’s speeches foreshadow the problems ahead.Republican senators repeatedly cited a weekend column by Pulitzer … [Read more...] about Turbulence Ahead
Medicare Rx: A Season for Health and Wealth
From now through the end of the year, seniors have a chance to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan, and those who already are enrolled can switch plans.With Congress debating many changes to the Medicare program, seniors should try to get the most out of this year's open-enrollment period.The Medicare prescription drug benefit is different from most government programs because seniors … [Read more...] about Medicare Rx: A Season for Health and Wealth
Medicare Rx: A Season for Health and Wealth
From now through the end of the year, seniors have a chance to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan, and those who already are enrolled can switch plans.With Congress debating many changes to the Medicare program, seniors should try to get the most out of this year's open-enrollment period.The Medicare prescription drug benefit is different from most government programs because seniors … [Read more...] about Medicare Rx: A Season for Health and Wealth
Duplicity and Deceit
The 2,074-page health reform bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled Wednesday is a maze of complexity and duplicity. It would spend $848 billion over 10 years to provide new subsidies for health coverage, increase taxes by $486 billion, and allegedly cut spending by $491 billion. All the while, it pretends to use this massive government expansion to cut the deficit. The American … [Read more...] about Duplicity and Deceit
A Health Freedom Contract With America
The Democratic leadership shoved its health reform bill through the House with a two-vote margin. The $1.3 trillion measure will impose crushing new regulations on the health marketplace and dramatically expand the size and the scope of the government.All but one Republican – and 39 Democrats – voted against it, saying they feared the bill would actually increase health costs, increase … [Read more...] about A Health Freedom Contract With America
A Health Freedom Contract With America
The Democratic leadership shoved its health reform bill through the House with a two-vote margin. The $1.3 trillion measure will impose crushing new regulations on the health marketplace and dramatically expand the size and the scope of the government.All but one Republican – and 39 Democrats – voted against it, saying they feared the bill would actually increase health costs, increase … [Read more...] about A Health Freedom Contract With America
Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Failure of ClintonCare
Pushing a big government health reform plan the public doesn't want can be hazardous to a political party's health. That's the lesson Democrats should have learned from the 1993-94 health reform debate and the 1994 elections.Instead, Democrats mistakenly believe they were tossed out of power in the 1994 elections because they failed to pass sweeping reform legislation. Former President … [Read more...] about Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Failure of ClintonCare