Texas Follows In Paul Ryan’s Footsteps: House Passes Measure To Block Grant Medicaid, Privatize Medicare

Yesterday, Texas lawmakers in the state house passed a 142-page measure in special session that could drastically change how 6.6 million Texans benefiting from Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs receive their care. The bill - which ( Read more... )

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Paul Ryan Already Prepare for The 2012 Backlash... with Charts.

Six Months After Midterm Disaster, Hopeful Signs for Democrats

Here’s what I wrote two weeks ago about the special election in New York’s 26th Congressional District, which was won by the Democrat Kathy Hochul Tuesday night:

[If] Ms. Hochul can get her vote up into the mid-to-high 40s ( Read more... )

 Democrat Hochul pulls off upset in New York congressional race


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Facing A Potential Upset Over Medicare, Jane Corwin Flip-Flops On Ryan Plan

As voters in New York’s 26th congressional district prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, many observers are predicting an upset in this heavily- ( Read more... )

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WWJC: What Would Jesus Cut.

Strange Bedfellows: Ayn Rand and the Tea Party Christians

A columnist in my local newspaper recently wrote that the Republican federal budget bill that gives tax breaks to rich and takes away programs that help the poor, children, the elderly and the sick is contrary to the teachings of Jesus. A reader responded with a ( Read more... )

Newt Gingrich: Ryan Medicare Plan Is 'Too Big A Jump'

'right-wing social engineering'


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The nation’s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing medical care.

The UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest commercial insurers, told analysts that so far this year, insured hospital stays actually ( Read more... )

Republicans Already Preaching the Wonders of Bipartisanship and Working Together and Sh#t.

GOP Freshmen On Medicare Attacks: Let's Let Bygones Be Bygones

House Republican freshmen admit that their so-called "MediScare" attacks on Democrats helped them win a big majority in 2010. Democrats had voted for the health care law, which included $500 ( Read more... )