Slouching Toward Health Care Reform

"Don't make the perfect the enemy of the better," says the President and congressional insiders when confronted with the sorry spectacle of a health-care bill whose scope and ambition continue to shrink, and whose long-term costs to typical Americans continue to grow. They're right, of course. But by the same logic, neither the White House nor congressional Democrats will be able to celebrate the emerging legislation as a "major overhaul" or "fundamental ... Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Google Blogsearch (Politics), NewsRack (Health Care)
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Dec 17, 2009 - 10:43 AM PST
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Dec 19, 2009 - 10:23 AM PST

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 20, 2009

Reich evaluates here, but basically sounds discouraged at the sausage machine just turning out the intestines for the public and feeding the beef to the insurance executives.

In other words, the private insurers are winning and the public is losing. Pharmaceutical companies are winning as well. More »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Dec. 20, 2009

The President, meanwhile, remains eerily above the fray. Having closed deals months ago with Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and the AMA — in ... More »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 20, 2009

Real reform has moved from a Medicare-like public option open to all, to a public option open to 6 million without employer coverage (still in the House bill), to a public ... More »

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