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“They’ll Never Rally Behind A Single Plan”: The GOP’s Push To Replace...
On Friday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is gathering key members of his caucus to work toward coming up with a single, official Republican alternative to the Democrats’ Affordable Care Act...
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“GOP Like The Dog That Chases A Car”: Republican’s Can’t Do Better Than...
We are all familiar with the spectacle of a dog frantically chasing a car, which strikes us as stupid because, after all, what on Earth would the dog do with the car if it actually caught it? That’s...
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“Promises, Promises”: The Elusive Policy That’s Always On The Horizon
In 2009, as Democrats advanced the Affordable Care Act, congressional Republicans promised to produce an alternative plan to prove to the public that the GOP approach was superior. It sounded very...
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“BobbyCare”: Jindal’s Generic Obamacare Alternative
If congressional Republicans need a fresh excuse to delay settling on an Obamacare “replacement” plan, Bobby Jindal’s given them one by throwing another plan into the mix. But on further examination,...
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“A Vile And Wicked Plot”: How Barack Obama Trapped The GOP On Health Care
Barack Obama has done many dastardly things to Republicans. He regularly ridicules their arguments. He insists on being treated as though he were legitimately the president of the United States. And...
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“Rube Goldberg Survives”: Face It Republicans, Health Reform Has Won
Holy seven million, Batman! The Affordable Care Act, a k a Obamacare, has made a stunning comeback from its shambolic start. As the March 31 deadline for 2014 coverage approached, there was a surge in...
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“The GOP Grand Swindle”: “We’re Not Going To Do Anything To Address Health Care”
It’s been nearly three months since House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) declared, “This year, we will rally around an alternative to ObamaCare and pass it on the floor of the House.” Last week...
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“Veterans And Zombies”: The Hype Behind The Health Care Scandal
You’ve surely heard about the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. A number of veterans found themselves waiting a long time for care, some of them died before they were seen, and some of the...
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“The Incompetence Dogma”: So Much For Obamacare Not Working
Have you been following the news about Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act has receded from the front page, but information about how it’s going keeps coming in — and almost all the news is good....
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“The GOP’s 20-Year War On Health Care”: Republicans Are Going To...
Stop the presses: John Boehner admitted Thursday that the Republican Party’s long-awaited alternative to Obamacare needs a little more time in the oven. “You know, the discussions about Obamacare and...
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“Democrats Against Reform”: Democrats Should Be Celebrating The Fact That...
It’s easy to understand why Republicans wish health reform had never happened, and are now hoping that the Supreme Court will abandon its principles and undermine the law. But it’s more puzzling — and...
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“Deja Vu, All Over Again”: Every Day Is Groundhog Day For The GOP’s Obamacare...
In a moment of irony not lost on observers, the GOP-led House Rules Committee will spend Groundhog Day considering the 114th Congress’s first destined-to-be-vetoed attempt to repeal Obamacare. Adding...
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“A Walk Down Memory Lane On Republican Obstruction”: A Consciously...
For some of us its pretty galling to hear Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggest that the way to end dysfunction in Washington is for President Obama to move to the “middle,” or to have to listen...
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“Bait And Switch”: Introducing Obamcare Lite; What The New GOP Health Reform...
Plainly wounded by the Plum Line’s mockery, some congressional Republicans have finally unveiled a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with their own health care reform. Is it serious? It’s...
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“King v. Burwell And Jindal’s Real Leverage”: Interfering With The Signals...
Well, fate may have given Bobby Jindal his heart’s desire: a way to exert real leverage on the GOP via his aborning presidential campaign. He sure needed some help. His efforts to be a...
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“Health Reform Lives!”: The Reality Is That Obamacare Is An Imperfect System,...
To the right’s dismay, scare tactics — remember death panels? — and spurious legal challenges failed to protect the nation from the scourge of guaranteed health coverage. Still, Obamacare’s opponents...
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“The Urgency Of Six Years Later”: Ryan Sees ‘Urgent’ Need For GOP Alternative...
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered a fairly long speech at the Library of Congress yesterday, fleshing out his vision for making America “confident again” through a far-right approach to...
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“The Problem Is The Politics”: Sanders’ Single-Payer Plan Is A Distraction
If you’ve successfully landed on the beaches, but your forces are still taking heavy fire, what do you do? Do you concentrate on trying to hold the line and make further advances or do you sit in a...
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“Health Reform Realities”: A Simple, Straightforward Single-Payer System Just...
Health reform is the signature achievement of the Obama presidency. It was the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare was established in the 1960s. It more or less achieves a goal —...
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“37 Pages Of Talking Points”: The Republican Healthcare Plan Isn’t Actually A...
Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) boasted on Twitter yesterday, “You’ve asked for it and tomorrow, House Republicans will release our plan to replace Obamacare.” Whether or not this actually constitutes a...
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