Oops. That was supposed to be "More on Stupak", referring to the Stupak Amendment to the healthcare reform bill, the amendment Kapoor mentioned yesterday that explicitly forbids abortion coverage. Stupak not only forbids any federal plan from offering insurance coverage for abortion, but also forbids any insurance companies who participate in the ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, the United States House of Representatives passed a healthcare reform bill that forbids certain abusive practices in the healthcare insurance industry and also provides a public health insurance plan for those who cannot get the coverage they need in the market. The bill passed with 220 votes to 215, with many conservative ( Read more... )

Issues in politics are rarely easy. The essence of politics is making deals between factions with competing interests. It doesn't help that the issues themselves are often complicated, which means deals can be hard to make because there are different perceptions about the problem ( Read more... )