The Drama Was In The History

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Nov. 8, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) Do not be fooled by the Beltway conventional wisdom, which has repeatedly treated House legislation as inferior to its counterpart in the Senate. If anything, the opposite is true. Should the House bill or something like it become law, the vast majority of Americans would have health insurance--protecting them from financial calamity and giving them access to medical care when they need it. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Obama Administration, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 7, 2009 - 9:59 PM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Richard Riehl (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 8, 2009 - 12:58 PM PST
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 8, 2009

Thoughtful commentary about the House's new health care bill, from a liberal perspective.

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Richard Riehl
4.2
 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 9, 2009

A very well-written, succinct analysis of why the passage of the bill was historic, yet not dramatic. I especially liked the rebuttal of the Republican complaints about the number of pages in the bill. Always a weak argument, yet one they were fondest of making. Size matters in such legislation, but NOT in the way its opponents claimed.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 8, 2009
Kaizar posted this story.
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