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On AlterNet: health-care reform

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "health-care reform"

The Senate Deal May Be a Sh*t Sandwich, but If You're Hungry Enough ...

The Senate Deal May Be a Sh*t Sandwich, but If You're Hungry Enough ...

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 24, 2009.
Maybe I'm missing something.

GOPer Says Health-Care Scheme Won't Be Repealed

GOPer Says Health-Care Scheme Won't Be Repealed

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 24, 2009.
If it passes, it's just not likely to be unpassed -- here's why.

Ezra Klein: A Win on Health-Care, but an Ugly One

Ezra Klein: A Win on Health-Care, but an Ugly One

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 24, 2009.
Passing legislation, it turns out, is a long and ugly process.

Senate Passes Health-Care Reform Bill; Feingold, Rockefeller Issue Appeals to Progressives

Senate Passes Health-Care Reform Bill; Feingold, Rockefeller Issue Appeals to Progressives

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 24, 2009.
With no public option or Medicare buy-in, the Senate's health-care reform bill passes in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

Video: New Ad Takes Obama to Task for Ditching Public Option

Video: New Ad Takes Obama to Task for Ditching Public Option

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 23, 2009.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is hitting the president hard -- with his own words -- for backing a health-care bill with a mandate and no public option.

Hey, Dr. Dean, President Obama: It's Time to Get Real with Progressives

Hey, Dr. Dean, President Obama: It's Time to Get Real with Progressives

Harold Pollack, AlterNet. December 22, 2009.
We can all agree that the Senate health care bill is far from perfect. What now?

Democratic Senator: GOP on Desperate Mission of Propaganda, Obstruction and Fear

Democratic Senator: GOP on Desperate Mission of Propaganda, Obstruction and Fear

Sheldon Whitehouse, AlterNet. December 21, 2009.
In his Senate floor speech on the health-care bill, the Rhode Island senator accused the GOP of fomenting the kind of paranoia that led to Kristallnacht and lynchings.

It Ain't Perfect, but I'd Support the Senate Health Bill

It Ain't Perfect, but I'd Support the Senate Health Bill

Booman, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 20, 2009.
Here's why.

Senate Reaches 60 Votes for Health Bill

Senate Reaches 60 Votes for Health Bill

Igor Volsky, Think Progress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 19, 2009.
Nelson's on board, for now ...

Why Won't the GOP Accept the Gift They Say Health-Care Reform Will Be for Them in 2010?

Why Won't the GOP Accept the Gift They Say Health-Care Reform Will Be for Them in 2010?

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: Politics. December 19, 2009.
They should let the Dems hang this albatross around their necks, no?

Bill Kristol: Snow's Coming and Health-Care Reform Is Really Inconvenient for Lawmakers

Bill Kristol: Snow's Coming and Health-Care Reform Is Really Inconvenient for Lawmakers

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. December 18, 2009.
Let's kill the effort -- and tens of thousands of uninsured humans -- so staffers don't have to drive in the messy weather.

Krugman Says Don't Kill Senate Health Bill ... Is He Right?

Krugman Says Don't Kill Senate Health Bill ... Is He Right?

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: Politics. December 18, 2009.
I respect the Shrill One, but ...

Health-Care Bill After Compromise with Lieberman: Worse Than Nothing

Health-Care Bill After Compromise with Lieberman: Worse Than Nothing

Darcy Burner, AlterNet. December 16, 2009.
Thanks to Joe Lieberman, the Senate health-care bill -- now with no public option or Medicare buy-in -- leaves progressives no choice but to kill it.

Tea Party Activist: Lieberman Staffer Threatened to Have Me Arrested

Tea Party Activist: Lieberman Staffer Threatened to Have Me Arrested

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 15, 2009.
At a Capitol Hill rally today, the Tea Party Patriots' Mark Meckler claimed that a Lieberman staffer threatened to have the right-wing activist arrested.

Howard Dean's Pleased with Health Compromise ... For Now

Howard Dean's Pleased with Health Compromise ... For Now

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 9, 2009.
Dean calls it "incrementalism in the right direction."

Nelson's Anti-Choice Amendment Defeated in Senate, 54-45: Rep. Diana DeGette Responds

Nelson's Anti-Choice Amendment Defeated in Senate, 54-45: Rep. Diana DeGette Responds

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 8, 2009.
The Senate tabled an amendment offered by Ben Nelson, D-Neb., that would have replicated the Stupak language.

Get Off John McCain's Lawn!

Get Off John McCain's Lawn!

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Politics. December 7, 2009.
The Senator from Arizona seems grumpy these days.

Ramesh Ponnurru: Defender of Blastocyst-Americans

Ramesh Ponnurru: Defender of Blastocyst-Americans

Tintin, Sadly, No! AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 6, 2009.
Naturally Ponnuru’s biggest concern is that health care reform might facilitate access to abortions, and he is perfectly willing to see actual human beings die to see it doesn't.

Memo to Congress: Desperate Times Call for Faster Measures

Memo to Congress: Desperate Times Call for Faster Measures

Paul Starr, The American Prospect. December 5, 2009.
Health-care reform needs to kick in faster than the current bills allow. And Congress better pass some Main Street economic measures -- on the double.

Sherrod Brown Calls GOP's Bluff on Health Reform; Ruins Cheap Partisanship of Vitter, Coburn

Sherrod Brown Calls GOP's Bluff on Health Reform; Ruins Cheap Partisanship of Vitter, Coburn

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 4, 2009.
Brown wants to co-sponsor legislation by some of the most outspoken opponents of health-care reform.

Enjoyed the Health-Care Debate? We'll Keep Chasing Our Tails Until We Start Taking American Democracy Seriously

Enjoyed the Health-Care Debate? We'll Keep Chasing Our Tails Until We Start Taking American Democracy Seriously

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 1, 2009.
The debates over health-care, financial reform and everything else ring hollow as long as we ignore what lies at the root of Washington's dysfunction.

What Does it Mean to Take Sarah Palin and the Tea-Bagger Set

What Does it Mean to Take Sarah Palin and the Tea-Bagger Set "Seriously"?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 24, 2009.
I know we're supposed to, but ...

Is the House's Health Bill Really Worse than Nothing?

Is the House's Health Bill Really Worse than Nothing?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 24, 2009.
Some progressive opponents of the health care bill say it's so bad, we may as well drop it. That analysis ignores the millions of Americans who stand to get coverage.

What Denying Unauthorized Immigrants Health Insurance Will Cost You

What Denying Unauthorized Immigrants Health Insurance Will Cost You

AlterNetNovember 23, 2009.
Call it a "nativist tax."

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.
First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage.