Posts Tagged ‘ Blue-dog Democrats ’

See this story in the Washington Post.  Why do we need a public option?  I filled a prescription for my son this week.  The same script from the same doctor for the same medication he has taken for at least the last four years and it was declined.  This required a call from the...
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Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman offered this exceptional column in the New York Times yesterday, calling out “Blue Dog” Democrats on their opposition to healthcare reform. Krugman writes: Reform, if it happens, will rest on four main pillars: regulation, mandates, subsidies and competition. By regulation I mean the nationwide imposition of rules that would prevent insurance companies...
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On Friday, Dena Bunis of the Orange County Register wrote about the divisions between lawmakers in congress over healthcare reform legislation Health reform divides lawmakers. From the story: On the one hand Republicans and Democrats are worlds apart on this issue, which is to be expected. But there’s also a fissure among Democrats, one that Orange...
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