There are literally seven hospitals in all of North Dakota that accept Medicare. And because of those seven, Kent Conrad wants to monkey with the Medicare buy-in. Kent Conrad is pushing to decouple...
Kent Conrad Just Won't Quit
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Author - Bob Cesca
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Congressman Weiner on the Medicare buy-in: "Extending this successful program to those between 55 and 64, a plan I proposed in July, would be the largest expansion of Medicare in 44 years and would...
Public Option By Another Name
Chris Bowers writes that the battle for the public option was fairly successful, despite the compromise: --4 million more people covered by Medicaid, which is a public option, than the July version...
Jon Stewart Nails Fox & Friends
Classic. Inspired by Media Matters' reporting here.
Here's Where We Are
As near as I can tell, here's the substance from the Gang of 10 negotiations. --Public option becomes a trigger. --The (Swiss) OPM plan replaces it. Non-profit policies negotiated by the government...
Morning Awesome
The Great Northern - "Low is a Height" Source
Enough!
President Snowe shits on the Medicare buy-in and suddenly, like the public option, it gets hacked to pieces by compromises. Sam Stein via Ezra Klein: At this juncture, it doesn't appear that everyone...
Nelson's Stupak Amendment Fails
Suck it, Mr. Flintstone. The Senate just voted to table Sen. Ben Nelson's abortion amendment to the health care bill, effectively killing it and forcing Nelson's hand on his threat to filibuster the...
Super Stupid
The Republicans are really, really, really phenomenally stupid. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-K.Y.) sent out a press release on Sunday, titled: "Cutting Medicare is not what Americans...
Say It With Me: The Jobs Bill Is Too Small
Only $70 billion? Really? Robert Reich: We don't know exactly how much the President is proposing to spend, but sources tell me it's in the range of $70 billion, redirected from the $200 billion in...
President Snowe Doesn't Approve
Olympia Snowe doesn't like the Medicare buy-in deal. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) says a Medicare buy-in approach will be a hard sell with her. She told reporters this afternoon that she's not inclined...
Palin Wants to be Castro
With all due respect to Aravosis and Digby, it's clearly a Castro hat.Why does Sarah Palin hate America?
The Jobs Bill
It'll all depend on how much spending is in the package, but this is a good start: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama outlined major new government stimulus and jobs proposals on Tuesday, saying the...
Very Serious Question
I sold an "item" on eBay yesterday. It's been 24 hours and the buyer hasn't paid yet. Should I be worried? And remember when it was cool to randomly caPitalize letters in the middle of internet wOrds?
Boxer Goes There
Senator Boxer hits back at the impotent white man's club and their healthcare hypocrisy: BOXER: There’s nothing in this amendment that says if a man some days wants to buy Viagra, for example, that...
Morning Joe
Pat Buchanan, Joe and Mika Scarborough, Gene Robinson and Bob Woodward -- Woodward! -- on MSNBC right now evaluating Tiger Woods' underpants parties. Now they have five little windows, adding Willy...
Morning Awesome
Mondo Mini-Shows - Mr. Pipik doesn't believe in Global Warming Inspired by the animator's father who made the same ridiculous comments about 40,000,000 years from now.
The Life-Cycle of Climategate
Matt Osborne wrote an epic Huffington item about the evolution of the climategate story. Definitely a must-read.
Now We're Talking
Democrats are talking about expanding Medicare in exchange for the weakening of the public option: Senate Democrats are discussing the idea of expanding Medicare by lowering the age limit for the...
O'Reilly Stalking and Endangering Kids Again
Wingnuts like Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin just can't help themselves -- they have to stalk, attack and endanger kids by publicly naming "enemy" schools and therefore placing giant red wingnut...