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Next week, there are going to be major gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Many political observers will look at these races and will try to understand how their results foreshadow what the national mood will be in the midterm elections next year. However, even before the election, one...
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Now that the full Senate is close to having a debate about major health care reform, Senators now seem to be making their preferences undeniably clear about certain parts of such a plan. This week, for instance, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went public with his preference for bringing a government...
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Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), once a minor player in the health care debate, has emerged as a major voice in opposition to a public health care option, placing liberals on the defensive in their pursuit of a government option. Earlier this week, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a major announcement...
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As various news sources have reported, the Obama White House is now actively involved in the health care reform negotiations on Capitol Hill. As The Washington Times has reported, the White House has a representative at many of the meetings where a new health care reform bill is being written. However...
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Senator Snowe's controversial vote in favor of the Baucus bill on the Finance Committee yesterday definitely created some additional momentum for advocates of massive liberal health care reform. However, that momentum may be as temporary as the momentum from the Congressional Budget Report released...
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This afternoon, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Baucus health care bill , with a vote of 14-9. A single Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, joined Democrats in voting for the bill. Next up, the bill will be reconciled with the more liberal version coming out of the HELP (Health, Education...
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The Vice President is scheduled to jump in on the health care debate today in a speech to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners . Ironically, his speech to this group of insurance regulators is set to focus on "rising health insurance rates." The WSJ reports: "The vice president...
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President Obama continued his sales pitch for health care reform this weekend, making the rounds of the Sunday talk show circuit. During an interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired today, Obama said, "We're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you." To say this...
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In support of his health care plan, President Obama often refers to the 'hidden taxes' insured families pay on behalf of the uninsured. On multiple occasions, he's stated , "the average family pays a thousand dollars in extra premiums to pay for people going to the emergency room who...
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The President sees his speech tomorrow night as an opportunity to make that closing argument that lawyers dream of -- one that will make his doubters see his case in a new light, his supporters reaffirm their faith in his version of the facts and the undecideds move to his side. But, the problem here...
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The reason Democrats are losing the health care debate is because they don't have facts or strategy on their side. For many, including President Obama, the public option was not their first choice . But, so as not to scare people into thinking their insurance would be taken from them, they chose...
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With the passing of Sen. Kennedy this week and all the other important stories that surfaced during what was supposed to be a 'light' news week ($2 trillion increase in the deficit projection, Bernanke's reappointment, Holder's CIA investigation, etc.), this article from yesterday's...
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The idea of health care as a constitutional right has already been debunked . But if you thought that was a stretch, you might be shocked, or perhaps offended, by the newest distracting, exploitive position of some on the left - health care as a civil right. Some, like Jonathan Alter of Newsweek , believe...
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President Obama used his weekly address yesterday to "debunk[] some of the more outrageous myths circulating on the internet, on cable TV, and repeated at some town halls across this country." If we're clearing the air of falsehoods related to health care, then there is one story in particular...
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In this excellent article , Steven Malanga of The Manhattan Institute highlights the exceptional nature of health insurance as compared with other types of insurance. When it comes to health services rendered, our culture sees paying the bills out-of-pocket as the exception, not the norm. As Mr. Malanaga...