Amato asks: Why do we have to hear Republican objections to health-care reform all day long on TV? Answer: Bathtubs and boners. The healthcare industry finances a considerable chunk of cable news ad...
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Ah Screw It, Schumer's Back In The Coalition
You know what? Senator Schumer is just watering down the public option with Conrad's stinky co-op crap while paying lip service to a robust public option. Schumer ought to be standing pat on the...
Quote of the Day
"If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care, if they tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government -- which they say can't run...
Here Comes The Sludge
Sorry. That was an awful headline. Not quite as awful as this: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Clean Water Act does not prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from allowing mining waste to be...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Health care reform is important, but it is not worth bankrupting the country over." —David Brooks Healthcare is bankrupting the country.
Conrad's Transparent Hackery
Kent Conrad was on MSNBC earlier telling Norah O'Donnell that the reason he came up with the weak, destined-to-fail "co-op" plan is to formulate a compromise that would appeal to Republicans. This is...
Super Stupid
I love it when the white supremacist "learn the language" crowd can't effing spell. To wit, here's Pat Buchanan and his "white nationalist" buddy Peter Brimelow at Buchanan's Building A New Majority...
Bathtubs
Can you tell that the cable news networks get much of their ad revenue from the healthcare industry? The boner ads alone must account for half of all their commercial inventory. On MSNBC, the tone is...
Healthcare Stories
Sargent is reporting that President Obama is going to be opening up a database of healthcare horror stories submitted through Obama for America. There are numerous arguments in support of the public...
Morning Awesome
Urge Overkill - "Positive Bleeding" From 1993's Saturation
Banging Some Heads
Via Steve Benen, Michael Tomasky thinks it's time for the president to "start banging some heads" on healthcare. The weapon is, you know, overwhelming public support for a public option. And, of...
Big John Cornyn Believes Big Fakery
The wingnuts who run the blog Powerline think they've debunked the CBS/NYT poll showing overwhelming super-majority support for the public option. They cite the "who did you vote for?" question that...
Cutting Costs
While not as razor sharp as Lee's videos, this video from Healthcare for America Now and Jacki Schechner is pretty great. And it raises a significant point. Joe Scoldborough and other Republican...
Miguel and Michael Moore
Chez writes about the heart-wrenching story of his brain tumor surgery roommate, Miguel. It's absolutely a must-read. Adding... Chez praises Michael Moore's Sicko, which leads me to mention something...
Healthcare By Credit Card
Quite possibly the most awful commercial on cable news right now is the one in which a woman explains how she had an asthma attack and the treatment cost $17,000. As if $17,000 for an asthma attack...
Add Feinstein To The Coalition
Dianne Feinstein yesterday: "To be candid with you, I don't know that [President Obama] has the votes right now." She added, "I think there's a lot of concern in the Democratic caucus." I'm putting...
Suck It, Republicans
On Morning Joe, the first half of the 8AM hour has been all about how President Obama is spending too much. Chris Matthews, thankfully, was arguing in support of the public option -- "universal...
Morning Awesome
Death Cab for Cutie - "Bixby Canyon Bridge" Live From Narrow Stairs
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread in America. What's your personal healthcare status? Your health in general and how you're covered (or not).
What About Bipartisanship?
Only 18 percent of Americans, according to the CBS/NYT poll, believe the Republicans are likely to improve the healthcare system. 18 percent. There's no reason whatsoever to include the Republicans...