Actor Corey Haim, 38, died this morning of an apparent overdose of prescription medications. The Canadian actor reportedly collapsed in a bathroom and was... »
Dems Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Bill
White House officials say that in his remarks today president Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issues to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial “reconciliation” rules requiring only 51 Senate votes to pass the “fix”... »
Breaking News: House Passes Health Care Bill 220-215
At 11:07 p.m. ET Saturday The House of Representatives voted in favor of the health care bill. 220 members of Congress — including one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana — voted in favor of health care reform, advancing the legislation by the slimmist of margins. Forty-nine Democrats voted against the bill, along with 176 Republicans. »
Pelosi Willing to Sacrifice House Seats To Pass Her Health Bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she’s prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that’s what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. According to The Wall Street Journal, the health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a “critical milestone,” may well be the worst piece of... »
WellPoint Study: Insurance Premiums Could Triple Under ObamaCare
According to a state-level study conducted by WellPoint Inc, it is a near-certainty that ObamaCare will cause insurance costs to rise across the board. At the request of Congressional delegations worried about their constituents—call it a public service—WellPoint mined its own actuarial data to model ObamaCare in the 14 states where it runs Blue Cross... »
ObamaCare Opposition Rising
One of the most profound comments about the health care and other major policy debates now taking place was voiced in Arthur Brooks’ recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal: “The choices will ultimately always come down to competing visions of America’s future. Will we strengthen freedom, individual opportunity and enterprise? Or will we expand... »
ObamaCare Is The Solution?
Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me a tounge-in-cheek (I think) summary of the proposed ObamaCare legislation. It bears repeating: Let me get this straight. We’re going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it,... »
Support for Obama Health Care Is Eroding
Does the President need to improve his “pitch”? On Monday, the Washington Post/ABC poll reported that 49% of Americans approve of President Barak Obama’s handling of health care while 44% disapprove. What many people missed, wrote Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal, is that those who strongly disapprove of the president’s approach on health care now... »
