Could it be that Tom Daschle's fate sealed the fate of a public option ( Read more... )

There are at least two ways of looking at the Senate Health Care deal ( Read more... )

Part I Part II Part III

Q. So what happened to health insurance reform?

A. Everyone's sick. (sotto voce) Of it.

Q. Congress is sick? Don't they have socialist health care? How could they get ill ( Read more... )

Health Care Q&A, Part I

Health Care Q&A, Part II

Q. So, um, how'd that Senate Finance Committee thing work out putting together a bill?

A. You mean the America's healthy Future Act of 2009 ? The bill Senator Baucus announced by his lonesome on Wednesday?

Q. What happened to the Gang of Six? Didn't Baucus spend a bazillion hours trying to ( Read more... )

Generally, taxes are continuous. While the marginal rate you pay on the next dollar may change as a step function, you rarely, if ever (despite claims from some Republicans last fall during the campaign), have a situation where earning a single dollar more will suddenly increase your taxes dramatically, or even cost you more than a fraction of a ( Read more... )