Less than 24 hours after Republicans won control of the House, soon-to-be-speaker John Boehner denounced the new health care law, saying it would "kill jobs in America, ruin the best health care system in the world, and bankrupt our country" -- and renewed his vow to try to repeal it. Kaiser Health News asked people around the country to answer the following question: "If you ended up in an … [Read more...] about Riding An Elevator With Boehner: What Would You Say?
Archives for November 2010
Obamacare Takes a Shellacking
President Obama clearly doesn’t get it. His post-election news conference shows that he believes his health-policy agenda was correct and may only need a bit of “tweaking.”Despite his acknowledgement that Democratic incumbents took a “shellacking,” he did not back down from the policies that caused dozens of them to lose their seats.The president clearly is in denial. Health-care reform was very … [Read more...] about Obamacare Takes a Shellacking
Puerto Rican Madness
Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuño has proposed tax cuts that could be a huge boon to the island’s stalled economy, but there is a dark side to his proposal involving a huge tax increase on major employers that could cost the island hundreds of thousands of jobs.Gov. Fortuño plans to cut personal income and corporate taxes for Puerto Rico-based companies, but he is paying for it with $5.8 billion in … [Read more...] about Puerto Rican Madness
Health Reform: What’s Next
Grace-Marie discussed how the health overhaul law will affect small businesses.PowerPoint presentation Handouts … [Read more...] about Health Reform: What’s Next