When President Obama was signing the health care reform bill, I was not thinking about the meaning of the bill or of the historical significance of the moment. Nope, none of that high-falutin’ stuff. I was wondering just how big a mess that signature would be after starting and stopping often enough to use 22 … Continue reading A 22-pen signature
I was chatting to someone a few posts back and one of the points I hit was how this new health care reform is all about extending coverage to 32 million more people … without doing anything to bolster the already overburdened medical delivery system. Well, I was wrong. A little bit, anyway. The bill … Continue reading HCR plans to combat doctor shortages
The topic has been thoroughly thrashed over the last year. Health care reform, of course. Now it’s the law of the land. Or about to be. I share the hope of those who supported it, but none of their confidence. And I share the fear of those who opposed it, for many of the same … Continue reading The devil we don’t know
The continuing coarsening of America has taken a new and very ugly turn today. At least ten Washington lawmakers have requested extra security due to threats to their safety and that of their families — because of their votes on health care reform. Haven’t the issuers of the threats, those paeans of virtue, heard of … Continue reading Civility and America’s dying values
Did you hear the one about Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) selling out his pro-life friends for $726,409 in airport grants? Heh. And you thought he rolled over on just the strength of a promised Executive Order from President Obama. An order that could be revoked at any time by any president. No, no, no, mon … Continue reading The loneliest man in Michigan
The much cussed and discussed “deem and pass” procedure that Nancy Pelosi is threatening to employ for the health care reform bill, if actually used, should mean the ouster of every Democrat in Congress. “Deem and pass” is a sneaky, back door, constitutionally questionable way to pass a bill without anyone having to go on … Continue reading ‘Demon pass’ should doom Dems
